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Hi all,
I'm looking for a powerfull installer generator. I read the documentation about NSIS. What I am very interested is if it has a text mode? and does it work on solaris?


unfortunately neither nor :)

it may compile on commandline on solaris but it wont run there.

nsis is windows gui only.


Hi Macaroana,

For non-Windows Installers, we here at Digi have switched to using BitRock InstallBuilder:

http://www.bitrock.com/products_inst..._overview.html

Its no where near as powerful as NSIS, but it supports a TON of platforms, (Linux, Solaris, AIX, etc).

Plus, it has a GUI and text mode built-in for all platforms, (which was a requirement for us)

It does cost some money, but the support is very good.
However, if your project is open source, they will give you a license for free.

Anyway, I wouldn't use it for Windows, as NSIS is *way* better than it, but for other platforms, its better than anything else I could find out there.

Scott