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▲ name = Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) |
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screenshot = [[Image:Nsis.png|250px]] |
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caption = NSIS 2.06 |
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developer = [[Nullsoft]] |
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latest_release_version = 2.06 |
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latest_release_date = [[March 19]], [[2005]] |
operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[POSIX]] |
genre = [[Software development tools]] |
license = [[open source]] ([[zlib-libpng license|zlib/libpng license]]) |
website = [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ nsis.sf.net] |
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'''Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)''', is an [[open source|open-source]] ([[zlib-libpng license|zlib/libpng license]]), script-driven installation system with minimal overhead being backed by [[Nullsoft]], creators of [[Winamp]]. NSIS 1 is in many ways similar to the classic [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] installer, but it is more easily scriptable and supports more compression formats. NSIS 2 has a new streamlined [[GUI]], supports [[LZMA]] compression, multiple languages and an easy plug-in system. The NSIS script compiler compiles on [[POSIX]] platforms. This allows compiling [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] installers on [[Linux]] and [[FreeBSD]] without the usage of [[WINE]].
NSIS was created because of the need to distribute [[Winamp]]. It is based on PiMP (Plug-In Mini Packager), also a [[Nullsoft]] creation, and is also known as SuperPiMP. After version 2.0a0, the project was moved to [[SourceForge]] where developers outside of [[Nullsoft]] started working on it on a regular basis. After almost two years of alphas, betas and release candidates, NSIS 2.0 was released.
==External link==
*[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ NSIS homepage]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis NSIS SourceForge project page]
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[[Category:Windows software]]
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