BitRock InstallBuilder is a multiplatform installation tool that supports Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris and, soon, OSX. It has free, fully functional licenses for open source projects. This new release adds Linux PPC and FreeBSD 5.x support.
BitRock InstallBuilder 2.4.0 Released
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gets better and better. I hope bitrock becomes the standard
So in theory is it possible that you will not need any other installer? Write one package and it will be able to be converted for that OS?
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It seems it’s only a 30-day demo, and you have to apply to BitRock if you want a truly free license, to go with your opensource product.
Even in it’s commercial guise, this has to be better than InstallShield XP/MP, which are entirely Java-based (even the over-complex IDE you have to use) and incredibly slow.
Personally, I wish there was a Linux version of InnoSetup, which is an ACTUAL free product, albeit Windows-only, but very good and easy to use.
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Personally, I wish there was a Linux version of InnoSetup, which is an ACTUAL free product, albeit Windows-only, but very good and easy to use.”
autopackage.org
“Personally, I wish there was a Linux version of InnoSetup, which is an ACTUAL free product, albeit Windows-only, but very good and easy to use.”
Personally, I wish they ported NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) to Linux.
It’s open source, so all that would be needed is for someone to actually care enough to do it.
We already have AutoPackage. Why another installer?
>We already have AutoPackage. Why another installer?
Because this works on other platforms too (Including Windows)
Hi,
Just some quick notes, so people understand what where are coming from. We do not want to become a “standard” or compete with RPM or autopackage. We compete with InstallAnywhere and InstallShield MP, both of them based on Java. We believe we do a better job than them, at a much more reasonable price point. We also want open source projects to benefit from it, that is why we offer free licenses, build installers for projects like Mono and port it to architectures like Linux PPC that are not a priority to other companies.
We have a lot of respect for the autopackage guys, but they are really solving a different (and much harder) problem. The most similar open source project to BitRock is probably Loki installer, though it does not support Windows either.
Actually, the most similar open-source project to BitRock is probably InstallBase — see http://installbase.sourceforge.net/
BitRock is based on an open source project called InstallBase. InstallBase has recently been renamed to InstallJammer and will see its first new release in two years in the coming weeks.
The new homepage is not up yet, but check
http://www.installjammer.com/
In the coming weeks for the new release.
InstallJammer is 100% free and 100% open source.
Just to clarify the previous post by “Anonymous”, although both are multiplatform installers with similar names, InstallBuilder is *not* based on InstallBase.
Daniel