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{{Short description|Scripting language for AmigaOS, derived from the LISP programming language}}

[[File:Cgxv4 install.jpg|right|Example dialog]]

'''Installer''' is a scripting language developed by Sylvan Technical Arts and published by [[Commodore International]] for [[AmigaOS]],. It was first releasedintroduced forin version 2.1 of AmigaOS in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Neutral Look at Operating Systems |url=https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A_Neutral_Look_at_Operating_Systems/AmigaOS |publisher=Wikibooks}}</ref> Its grammarsyntax is based on the [[LISP]] programming language.

A compatible re-implementation named, InstallerLG, isremains under activelyactive developeddevelopment as of October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Söder |first1=Ola |title=InstallerLG repository |url=https://github.com/sodero/InstallerLG |publisher=GitHub}}</ref>

== Example from the developerscript guide:==

The following example, taken from the developer guide, demonstrates directory creation with user prompts:

<syntaxhighlight lang="lisp">

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</syntaxhighlight>

== Related tools ==

The InstallerGen tool canprovides bea used as angraphical alternative forto writing scripts by handmanually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/InstallerGen|title=Aminet - util/misc/InstallerGen.lha|website=aminet.net}}</ref>

== References ==