February 28, 200521 yr I've come across a new (to me) installer called Ghost Installer. The command line switches are as follows:-s - silent mode-r - repair-c - add/remove-u - uninstallAnd according to the board that I got this from, any and all options can be disabled when the installer is built. Just great.Fortunately, it seems that only WinPcap 3.0, which is a required component of Etheral, uses this installer. But, considering that there is a company behind this one, there's probably more software distributions out there that uses it.I've also recently come across a FkWare installer. Still haven't been able to locate the switches for that one. Any ideas?The major ones that I'm aware of are:Windows InstallerInstaller VISEInno SetupInstallShieldWISE InstallerSome of the minor ones that I know about:NSISNow a few one offs and custom jobs:Ghost InstallerFkWareSonique (Custom?)Sonique2 (Definately Custom)Mozilla InstallerIt's amazing how many different installers are out there considering how small the market is. If you are developing software, it doesn't take much of a stretch to also make your own installer too. The program gets run once, maybe twice, and that's it.I guess it just depends on your build environment and installation requirements.
March 1, 200521 yr Author The Mozilla Installer is a 7-Zip Installer.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the tip.
March 1, 200521 yr Ghost installer is used in other programs...UltraEdit I think may be one. Not sure. I remember a HEX editor using it...
March 2, 200521 yr With regard to picking an installer; developers of freeware are more concerned with ironing out bugs and problems than with how the software looks. I like Inno Setup myself, as it's a nice clean and professional system, and can be scripted almost beyond most commercial solutions.
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