Inno Setup Reviews and Details

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• [Rant] Your Software Isn't the Only One Our Company Uses FFS

  I’ve had to do this before and it some what sucks but if you do have a look at Inno Setup. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Tauri v1.3 — NSIS installer, security audit & External API Access

  Use Inno Setup. It's comparably sized, VSCode uses it and GOG.com uses customized builds of it (it's open-source but written in Delphi), and it has a much more declarative (though still extensible) approach that does do stuff like uninstall tracking by default. Source: over 2 years ago

• In the year 2023, what is the best way to deploy/distribute a WPF Application?

  We eventually settled on a combination of InnoSetup with InnoSetuo Dependency Installer and NetSparkle which offered a much cleaner experience and use of AzureAD Authentication for Azure Storage Blobs (for updates) as well as InTune Deployments with proper version detection. Source: over 2 years ago

• is there like an application etiquette or something?

  You don't typically make these things yourself from scratch, you use a tool that does it for you. E.g. InnoSetup: https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php. Source: over 2 years ago

• [Windows] Looking for open source program made to install other archived programs and create uninstaller for them

  The two most popular such installers are Inno Setup and NSIS. Inno is much easier to use (and will handle most tasks automatically), while NSIS creates somewhat smaller installers (but requires you to basically micromanage everything). Source: over 2 years ago

• Packaging format for WPF desktop app?

  It has been a long time since I made any installers so things probably changed since then. But Inno setup was very good previously and I see that it is already mentioned in this thread. I've also used NSIS extensively in the past. Might be worth a look. Source: over 2 years ago

• WinForms Application Updater

  Before we stopped developing Desktop Applications, NetSparkle was our preferred choice but you have to provide your own installer (we used InnoSetup. Source: over 2 years ago

• When is C better a better choice than Rust?

  It's intended to be an installer creator similar to Inno Setup, but for DOS, and I want it to be something that can be used in situations where it needs to not crowd the actual content off a 720K floppy disk. Source: over 2 years ago

• Comfortable Windows installer of Castle Game Engine, plus notes how to integrate InnoSetup with Jenkins and into your own applications

  The installer is done using excellent and popular Inno Setup (https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php). It will install CGE to a user directory, like C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Castle Game Engine, where it will likely live along other software like VS Code that is also installed by InnoSetup for this user. The installer automatically creates menu and desktop shortcuts, shows you the license summary, runs... Source: over 2 years ago

• How do I package my python code into an executable I can send to my friend who does not have python?

  If you want an actual "installer", check out Inno Setup. It will take your WinPython or PyInstaller directory and install it like a real program, including creating shortcuts and all the rest if you want it to. Source: over 2 years ago

• How could I convert the final binary to a native application?

  If so, Inno Setup would be the most novice-friendly of the big-name choices available for free. Source: almost 3 years ago

• How does everyone share scripts with colleagues that aren't tech savy?

  I use pyinstaller. Then for Windows I use inno setup https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php to create a Windows installer. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Delphi Installer?

  I used Inno Setup for many years and was always very happy with it. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Need some help determining if Python is the right way to go

  Assuming these are Windows users I would use Inno Setup to create Windows Installers. https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php There is a wizard that makes Inno setup very easy to use it creates a professional looking Windows Installer. Source: almost 3 years ago

• How to code an installer

  There's many options to create installation setups. The most common ones are Inno Setup, NSIS and for the MSI format there's quite a few. You can generate MSI from Visual Studio when you're developing a program and you can also use the Windows built-in iexpress utility to wrap it in an EXE file. Here's a tutorial for that. Source: about 3 years ago

• Is it normal for pyton apps for windows desktop to have such huge filesize?

  Another tip for creating/distributing Windows apps is to use Inno Setup https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php Inno Setup will compress the code, and created a professional looking Windows installer, add you app to the app list in Windows and create the uninstaller. It is very easy to use. Source: about 3 years ago

• Distributing my python project

  You can use pyinstaller to create an exe, and bundle ffmpeg. For Windows I like to use inno Setup for creating a Windows Installer. https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php. Source: over 3 years ago

• Looking for easy way for distribution of crates

  Godot_game.iss (Example project file for an Inno Setup installer for Windows). Source: over 3 years ago

• Ship external binary with my Rust binary

  You could use Inno Setup to easily build an installer for Windows. It's not .msi, but it's much easier to use than anything MSI I've found that you don't have to pay for. Source: over 3 years ago

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  If you're even more tech savvy and want the process to be identical to GoG after that first install, you can make your own installer without steam with something like Inno Setup, you can even tell the program to install the redistributables for you so that you don't have to do that manually, of course that's extra work that isn't needed but if the objective is to make future installations identical to GoGs you... Source: over 3 years ago

• How to build a CMake depended program in a system that doesn't have it ?

  I mean I can build the cross platform installer by my self. anyway, I found GUI installer that will work for me, inno setup is the option for windows, thank you ! Source: over 3 years ago