#120 Installer also for Linux platform

[Andy Rozman]

This is installer is quite nice, but problem is that I
also need installer which createst package with same
values only for Linux (ok I might need some files on
linux that I don't on windows and vice versa), but in
gist I would also need installer for Linux...

Andy

[Joost Verburg]

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NSIS is written for the Windows platform and uses lots of
Windows features. Creating an install system for Linux would
require almost a complete rewrite.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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kinda weird... linux and installer..... nsis..

[B. Scott Smith]

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How about a way to run only the NSIS build process on Linux?
I can currently fully automate packaging for Linux and other
Unix platforms I support on my Red Hat system, but for my
Windows version I can only prepare all the files, but still
have to sit down at a PC and manually run the NSIS build
process against my .nsi file to create the Windows installer
file...

[Amir Szekely]

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See latest CVS version or simply use Wine.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Can the "latest CVS version" be build and run on Linux? I
was able to get it working with Wine!! I had to make some
hacks to my directory structure, as NSIS under Wine does not
handle directories that are links ("File /r mydir" fails,
where mydir is a link to another target dir), but I got it
to work.
Thanks!

[Amir Szekely]

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yes, it builds under linux...

[Anonymous]

rewriting a program from scratch is a pain, but it can be worth the rewrite