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NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.

Common command line parameters for installers built using the NSIS are: /S runs the installer or uninstaller silently. /D sets the default installation directory. It must be the last parameter used in the command line and must not contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute paths are supported. More information about. The Silent Install options for the NSIS installer /S: Runs the installer in silent mode /SD: Complitely silent mode. Supress messageboxes. /D: Specifies the installation directory. Silently install the program: setup.exe /SD. Silently install the program in to directory C:Program FilesSetup: setup.exe /SD /D='C:Program FilesSetup'. Runing a silent installation with file to answer. NSIS Discussion; runing a silent installation with file to answer. Do you mean log file = some file where installation info is written during the install process?? I should to pass on a path to an answers file. This would be much more comfortable than writing all of the.

Being a user's first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of succesful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software.

NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.

Features:

  • Generates self-contained executable installers
  • Support for ZLib, BZip2 and LZMA data compression (files can be compressed individually or together)
  • Uninstall support (installer can generate an uninstaller)
  • Customizable user interface (dialogs, fonts, backgrounds, icons, text, checkmarks, images etc.)
  • Classic and Modern wizard interface
  • Fully multilingual, support for multiple languages (including RTL languages) in one installer. More than 40 translations are already available, but you can also create your own.
  • Page system: You can add standard wizard pages or custom pages
  • User selection of installation components, tree for component selection
  • Multiple install configurations (usually Minimal, Typical, Full), and custom configuration
  • Installer self-verification using a CRC32 checksum
  • Small overhead over compressed data size (34 KB with default options)
  • Ability to display a license agreement in text or RTF format
  • Ability to detect destination directory from the registry
  • Easy to use plug-in system (lots of plug-ins for creation of custom dialogs, internet connections, HTTP downloading, file patching, Win32 API calls, etc. are included)
  • Installers can be as large as 2GB
  • Optional silent mode for automated installations
  • A preprocessor with support for defined symbols, macros, conditional compilation, standard predefines
  • A lovely coding experience with elements of PHP and assembly (includes user variables, a stack, real flow control, etc.)

Installers have their own VMs that let you write code that can support:

  • File extraction (with configurable overwrite parameters)
  • File/directory copying, renaming, deletion, searching
  • Plug-in DLL calling
  • DLL/ActiveX control registration/unregistration
  • Executable execution (shell execute and wait options)
  • Shortcut creation
  • Registry key reading/setting/enumerating/deleting
  • INI file reading/writing
  • Generic text file reading/writing
  • Powerful string and integer manipulation
  • Window finding based on class name or title
  • User interface manipulation (font/text setting)
  • Window message sending
  • User interaction with message boxes or custom pages
  • Branching, comparisons, etc.
  • Error checking
  • Reboot support, including delete or rename on reboot
  • Installer behavior commands (such as show/hide/wait/etc.)
  • User functions in script
  • Callback functions for user actions

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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Original author(s)Nullsoft
Developer(s)NSIS Team and NSIS Community
Initial release31 July 2001; 18 years ago[1]
Stable release
3.04 / 16 December 2018; 9 months ago
Repository
Written inC, C++
Operating systemWindows, Mac OS X
TypeSoftware development tools
Licensezlib License
Websitensis.sourceforge.io

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) is a script-driven installer authoring tool for Microsoft Windows backed by Nullsoft, the creators of Winamp. NSIS is released under a combination of free software licenses, primarily the zlib license.[2] It has become a widely used alternative to commercialproprietary products like InstallShield, with users including Amazon.com, Dropbox, Google, Ubisoft, FL Studio, BitTorrent, and McAfee.[3]

  • 2Script examples
  • 3Concepts
    • 3.2Modern user interface

History[edit]

NSIS was created to distribute Winamp.[4] It is based on a previous Nullsoft product, PiMP (plugin Mini Packager), and is also known as SuperPiMP. After version 2.0a0, the project was moved to SourceForge where developers outside Nullsoft started working on it on a regular basis. NSIS 2.0 was released approximately two years later.

NSIS version 1 is in many ways similar to the classic Windows Installer, but it supports more compression formats. NSIS version 2 features a new streamlined graphical user interface and supports LZMA compression, multiple languages, and an easy-to-use plugin system.

In January 2006 NSIS was SourceForge's project of the month.[5][6]

Script examples[edit]

Hello world![edit]

Simple installer[edit]

Concepts[edit]

NSIS 1.98

Script[edit]

The NSIS compiler program makensis compiles scripts like the following example into executable installation programs. Each line in the script contains a single command.

Modern user interface[edit]

Version 2.0 introduced a new optional streamlined graphical user interface called Modern UI (MUI). The MUI has a wizard-like interface. It supports a welcome page, finish page, language selection dialog, description area for components, and greater customization options than the old user interface.

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Since NSIS version 2.30 (Released on 25 August 2007) there is new version (beta) of this UI accessible: Modern UI 2 (MUI2) which is an enhancement to Modern UI. Unlike the old MUI this version is based on nsDialogs instead of old-fashioned InstallOptions .ini files.

From version 2.34 (Released on 24 December 2007) this MUI2 is ready for mass consumption and it is included in all NSIS packages. Also all examples had been switched to it.

Modern UI 2 documentation.

Graphical interfaces[edit]

Nullsoft Install System Answer File

NSIS projects can be configured by simply editing text files (with .nsi extension). However, several third parties provide editing software:

  • EclipseNSIS is a module for the Eclipse platform. It allows NSIS scripts to be edited, compiled and validated.
  • HM NIS Edit (freeware) editor with support of custom C++ or Delphi plug-ins.
  • Venis (freeware) editor
  • Visual & Installer is an add-in which integrates NSIS with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and allows to create and build NSIS projects right within it.

Installer interfaces[edit]

Several projects that extend or replace the Modern UI have started in the past few years. Interfaces such as the ExperienceUI and UltraModernUI completely change the style of the installer by skinning it to look like the InstallShield interface. Other interfaces like installSpiderUI aim for a more minimalistic approach on the visual side of things while maintaining the same level of functionality as the ASD.

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Plugins[edit]

NSIS can be extended with plugins that can communicate with the installer. Plugins can be written in any unmanaged programming language capable of building a dynamic-link library (such as C, C++ or Delphi), and they can be used to perform installation tasks or extend the installer interface. A plugin can be called with a single line of NSIS code.

Several plugins come with the NSIS package that permit the installer to display a splash screen, display a custom page, display an image on the background, download files from a website, perform mathematical operations, patch files and more.

Other plugins are available online, including ZipDLL, and a Python plugin.

Features[edit]

Nullsoft Installer Command Line

NSIS supports the following features:[7]

  • zlib, bzip2, and LZMA compression
  • Script-based
  • Multilingual
  • Plugin support
  • Script preprocessor

Generated installer[edit]

The generated installer is a Portable Executable, with the installation files archived within the installer, a 34 KB overhead for the NSIS installer,[7] and the installation script compiled into executable code. As the installation script is compiled, the script cannot be obtained from the delivered executable without reverse-engineering the binary.

The archive may be unpacked using either 7-Zip, the Total Commander plugin 'InstallExplorer', or the predecessor by the same name for the FAR Manager.

The archive contains several folders:

  • $PLUGINSDIR : installation routine plugins
  • $INSTDIR : files used during the installation
  • $_OUTDIR : files to be installed.

The generated installer includes command line arguments in order to give users more control:[8]

  • /NCRC disables the CRC check, unless the script forces it
  • /S runs the installer/uninstaller silently.
  • /D sets the default installation directory. It must be the last parameter and must not contain any quotes. Only absolute paths are supported.

Unicode support[edit]

Versions of NSIS before 3.0 did not support Unicode, but only a means to convert some files to different encodings via a plugin.[9] However, a variant of NSIS that has full Unicode support is available.[10] Notable projects using this variant are:[11]

  • Google (Picasa)
  • Apache OpenOffice for Windows
  • Mozilla (Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird)

With the release of version 3.0 of NSIS, Unicode support can be implemented using the compiler directive 'Unicode true'. This gives full Unicode support with no further code changes, but the installer will not run under Windows 95/98/Me.[12] As of 2016 before the 3.0 release NSIS was available in the PortableApps format for Unicode 2.46.5 Rev 3 and ANSI 2.51.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^NSIS 1.x Version History - NSIS wiki
  2. ^'NSIS licence page'. NSIS.
  3. ^'Users - NSIS'.
  4. ^Winamp 2.60 released, From Betanews, 2000-02-14, Tweakers, ..namely featuring a new 'SuperPiMP' installation system..
  5. ^SourceForge.net Project of the Month in January 2006
  6. ^'OpenCandy Installer Platform Comparison'. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. ^ ab'Features'. NSIS.
  8. ^'installerUsage'. NSIS.
  9. ^'Unicode plug-in'. NSIS.
  10. ^'Unicode NSIS Project Page'.
  11. ^'Unicode NSIS Project Users'.
  12. ^'NSIS Users Manual Chapter 1'. NSIS. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  13. ^'NSIS Portable'. PortableApps.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nullsoft Scriptable Install System.

Nullsoft Silent Install Answer File

  • Official website
  • NSIS on SourceForge.net
  • NSIS at Open Hub

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