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- Multiplatform Support : BitRock
installers are native binaries that can run on Windows 98, ME, 2000,
XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Mac OS X (PPC & Intel), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris (Intel & Sparc), AIX, OS/400, HP-UX, IRIX, and Linux
(Intel x86/x64, Itanium, s390 & PPC).
- Desktop Integration : BitRock installers provide native look and feel and
desktop integration for Windows, KDE and Gnome.
- Optimized : BitRock installers are optimized in size and speed and do not require a
self-extraction step, reducing download, startup and installation time.
Built-in LZMA support provides great compression ratios.
- No External Dependencies : BitRock installers are single-file, self-contained native executables with no
external dependencies and minimal overhead. Unlike competing products, all BitRock installers are
truly native code and do not require bundling a Java Runtime Environment.
- Ease of Use : BitRock installers provide an intuitive and easy to use interface
on all platforms, even for end-users without previous Linux experience.
- Ease of Development : BitRock InstallBuilder includes an easy to learn, easy to use GUI environment.
Design, build and test installers with the click of a button.
- Time Saving Functionality : For advanced users, a friendly XML project format supports source control integration,
collaborative development and customizing projects both by hand and using external scripts.
A command line interface allows you to automate and integrate the building process.
QuickBuild functionality allows you to update installers in a few seconds,
without having to repack the entire application.
- Built-in actions : BitRock InstallBuilder provides convenient built-in actions for commonly required
installation functionality such as autodetecting a Java(tm) Runtime, changing file permissions and ownership,
substituting text in a file, adding environment variables, adding directories to the path, creating symbolic links,
changing the Windows registry, launching external scripts and so on.
- Crossplatform Build Support : The installer builder tool can run
on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and all other supported Unix platforms and generate installers for
all target platforms from a single project file. Create all your installers from a single build environment!
- Customization : BitRock installers can be customized in a variety of ways, both graphically and
in functionality. It is possible to ask for multiple parameters, like username and passwords, in the same
installer screen. These helps simplify the installation process for end-users.
- Multiple Installation modes : BitRock installers provide: several
GUI modes with native look-and-feel, for installation in a variety of desktop environments,
a text-based installation mode, for console-based and remote installations,
and a silent/unattended install mode which can be used for integration in shell scripts for automated deployment.
- Support for Qt® GUI Frontend : The InstallBuilder for Qt
family of products provides a new GUI installation mode using the Qt
crossplatform toolkit, enhancing the end-user experience
- Rollback Functionality : BitRock installers by default perform a backup of all the files overwritten during
installation, so in case there is an error, the system is recovered to its previous state.
- Native Package Integration : BitRock installers can register your
software with the RPM and DEB package databases, combining ease of use
with the underlying native package management system.
- RPM and DEB generation : In addition to creating native executables
that can register with the RPM subsystem, BitRock InstallBuilder can generate
self-contained RPM and Debian packages that can be installed using the native package management tools.
- Uninstall Functionality : An uninstall program is created as part of every installation, allowing users to easily
uninstall the software. As the installer, it can be run in a variety of modes.
On Windows, uninstall functionality can also be accessed from the Add/Remove Programs entry in the Control Panel.
- Startup Failure Detection : BitRock installers will automatically detect the best installation mode available.
Users also have the option to manually select a mode.
- Language and Platform Independent : BitRock installers can install applications written in any language, including:
Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, C/C++ and .NET/Mono.
- Multiple Language Support : BitRock installers support a variety of installation languages, including English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian,
French, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Valencian, Catalan,
Estonian, Slovenian, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian and Welsh. Installers in Qt mode support
right to left languages such as Arabic. You can specify a default
language or let the user decide. Please contact us if you require additional language support.
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