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#Installbuilder unpacking installer exe code

#Installbuilder unpacking installer exe install

We (quickly) evaluated the following installer tools, mostly by looking at their websites and browsing for other information on the web: Actual Installer, Advanced Installer, BitRock InstallBuilder, Inno Setup, Install Creator, Installer VISE for Windows, InstallShield, install4j, IzPack, NSIS, openInstaller, Scriptlogic MSI Studio, Smart Install Maker, Symantec Wise Installation Studio, and WiX. However, I'm posting our experiences here, as they might be helpful to others later on. In this case, unfortunately, SO didn't tell us much that we didn't know already (and indeed the tool we ultimately chose was not mentioned in any answer). Once that is done, however, it must be possible to skip the GUI and make installer building part of automated build process.

Should preferably have a decent GUI for putting the installer together.The tool should preferably be cross-platform so that installer development can be done on Linux, Windows, or Mac.Preferably does not depend on a preinstalled JRE (or any other 3rd party runtime environment or library) on target machine in other words, can produce an independent Windows.(Must support bundling a specific version of JRE at the very least by including a ZIP to be extracted).Must support basic stuff like copying and moving files around, editing configuration files, extracting ZIPs, etc.Must be able to install a bundled application server (such as Resin or Tomcat) as a service on Windows.Must support Windows, including latest 64-bit versions like Windows Server 2008 support for other target operating systems is a plus.

#Installbuilder unpacking installer exe code

Must support running custom Java code as part of installation procedure.Which (commercial or free) installer tool would you recommend to replace InstallAnywhere as the installer for a Java EE application? What do you specifically like about it, and what are its downsides?