Alternatives to InstallShield for Linux with any license

IzPack

IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications. It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Java
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Makeself

makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable tar.gz archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell script (many of those have a...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
File Compression Add a feature

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Debreate

Debreate is a utility to aid in building Debian packages (.deb). The goal behind Debreate is to make developing for Debian based Linux distributions more appealing, with...

Free Open Source Linux
Debian package Add a feature

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DCP Setup Maker

Powerful simple-to-use application to generate stable and multi-platform installers. Its intuitive user interface and exceptional ease of use makes it very easy to...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Wine
Cross-platform Nuget Portable Software installer Add a feature

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InstallBuilder

Modern, easy to use crossplatform installation tool similar to InstallShield multiplatform and InstallAnywhere. It works across Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Free...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Customizable File sharing Software installer Add a feature

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install4j

install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
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Deb-o-Matic

Deb-o-Matic is an easy to use utility to build Debian source packages, meant to help developers to automate the building of their packages with a tool that requires...

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Packin

Packin is a graphical Linux package creator wizard which compiles packages in the popular debian package format (.deb files). Packin creates complete debian packages...

Free Open Source Linux
Compiler Software installer Add a feature

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Debian Package Maker

DebianPackageMaker is a simple user interface/tool to make a debian package easier and straightforward to use and deploy your linux application to any debian based...
- Discontinued
  Last release in June 2008
Free Open Source Linux
Debian package Add a feature

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GUI Debian Package Maker

A Debian package builder based on Debian Package Maker (http://debianpackagemaker.blogspot.com ).
- Discontinued
  Last release in December 2009
Free Open Source Linux
Software developer Software installer Add a feature

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