InstallShield Alternatives for Linux

InstallShield is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is IzPack, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to InstallShield and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to InstallShield are install4j, Debreate, InstallBuilder and Makeself.

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IzPack
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Free • Open Source
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Mac
Windows
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33 IzPack alternatives
IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.
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install4j
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Linux
18 install4j alternatives
install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications.
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Debreate
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Free • Open Source
Linux
26 Debreate alternatives
Debreate is a utility to aid in creating installable Debian (.deb) packages. The goal behind the project is to make developing for Debian based Linux distributions more appealing, with an easy to use interface for packaging applications, artwork, media, themes, etc.
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InstallBuilder
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Paid • Proprietary
Software Installer
Mac
Windows
Linux
52 InstallBuilder alternatives
Modern, easy to use crossplatform installation tool similar to InstallShield multiplatform and InstallAnywhere. It works across Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Free Licenses for open source projects.
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Makeself
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
BSD
36 Makeself alternatives
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 .run suffix), and can be launched as is.
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DCP Setup Maker
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Mac
Windows
Linux
Wine
15 DCP Setup Maker alternatives
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 build complex desktop or web installers with large amounts of files.
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1. PortableDCP Setup Maker can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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GUI Debian Package Maker
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Linux
28 GUI Debian Package Maker alternatives
A Debian package builder based on Debian Package Maker (http://debianpackagemaker.blogspot.com).
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Discontinued
Last release in December 2009
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Debian Package Maker
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Free • Open Source
Linux
26 Debian Package Maker alternatives
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 distro.
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Debian package
Discontinued
Last release in June 2008
Packin
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Linux
27 Packin alternatives
Packin is a graphical Linux package creator wizard which compiles packages in the popular debian package format (.deb files). Packin creates complete debian packages within four easy steps. Advanced options and latest specifications supported.
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Ubucompilator
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
25 Ubucompilator alternatives
Ubucompilator is a modern software written in Gambas for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint and debian derivates to compile and make .debs packages easly, by a graphic way.
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Discontinued
Last version 1.0, released May 2011, can be downloaded from Launchpad
Deb-o-Matic
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Free • Open Source
Linux
26 Deb-o-Matic alternatives
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 limited user interaction and a simple configuration.
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pkgcreator
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27 pkgcreator alternatives
The main objective of this project is to simplify the creation of Debian packages by providing an utility that parses a simple YAML file and generate all the file structure, DEBIAN control files and freedesktop.org menus and icons (for GUI applications).
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.1svn30, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Code Hosting
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