Linux Setup Creator [closed]

Question

I'm looking for a tool that's able to create "setup" packages for Linux, just like the Windows install creators do (NSIS, InstallShield, etc.). I want it to be able to present a graphical interface to the user (or ncurses based), where he can select some options and install the package.

Any ideas of such a tool? I'm aware of autopackage, but it's not exactly what I want. It focuses mostly on correctly installing the software, I want something that focuses on creating an installer that's able to copy files, edit, run scripts, etc.

Answer 1

One option could be loki setup. It supports curses and gtk based setup programs. A few installer generators are cross-platform, relying on the presence of a JVM, like VAInstall. Commercial offerings include InstallAnywhere.

Answer 2

There isn't one.

Installing software on linux/bsd is, usually, done by the package management system. What this package management system is depends on the linux distribution or bsd variant.

Making a package for a distribution is usually done by the distribution themselves. Mostly because they are teo many to for developers to support.

So you don't package it, let them do it.

Unless the source isn't freely distributed, then pick the distribution(s) your (potential) users are using.

Answer 3

Use InstallBuilder 9. It seems awesome.