Free debian installer software for linux

GUInseng installer is an installer for Linux, based on GTK+ and Glade, released under GPL. With Guinseng Installer you can create your own graphical installation packages for Linux.

It is not a replacement for package management like RPM or DEB, its just a GUI for installation or/and build processes. In most cases, you have already an installation program for your software - e.g. based on automake. GUInseng is just a wrapper around a ready installation program.

debian-builder is a simple Perl script which is designed to rebuild a Debian package from its source. Some distributions such as Gentoo are focussed upon building packages from source code to give speed benefits, but that is not the aim of this program.
Ive been experimenting with a version of GCC which is patched to include stack smashing (buffer overflow) protection. One common approach to this problem is to use a modified compiler which will perform some kind of safety checking in potentially vulnerable source code - this usually involves applying a patch to the GCC compiler.
Usage:
Usage is fairly straight-forward and obvious simply run "debian-builder foo" to rebuild package foo.
If all goes well you will see some progress reports (more with --verbose) and a .deb file should eventually appear in /var/cache/debian-builder/deb.
The script will take care of installing all the packages which are required to build the named package, and then removing anything it installed afterwards.
Installation:
Simply download the tarball and run make install, alternatively you may download it from my apt-getable repository.
Enhancements:
- The handling of build dependencies is now much improved, allowing a greater number of Debian packages, including complex ones such as GNU Emacs and Mozilla Firefox.

Plugin::Installers goal is to provide a simple, flexable interface for developing plugin languages.

SYNOPSIS

package Myplugin;

use base qw( Plugin::Installer Plugin::Language::Foobar );

...

my $plugin = Myplugin->construct;

# frobnicate is passed first to Plugin::Installer
# via AUTOLOAD, then to P::L::Foobars compile
# method. if what comes back from the compiler is
# a referent it is intalled in the P::L::F namespace
# and if it is a code referent it is dispatched.

$plugin->frobnicate;

The goal of this module is to provide a simple, flexable interface for developing plugin languages. Any language that can store its object data as a hash and implement a "compile" method that takes the method name as an argument can use this class. The Plugin framework gives runtime compile, install, and dispatch of user-defined code. The code doesnt have to be Perl, just something that the object handling it can compile.

The installer is language-agnostic: in fact it has no idea what the object does with the name passed to its compioer. All it does is (by default) install a returned reference and dispatch coderefs. This is intended as a convienence class that standardizes the top half of any plugin language.

Note that any referent returned by the compiler is installed. Handing back a hashref can deposit a hash into the callers namespace. This allows for plugins to handle command line switches (via GetoptFoo and a hashref) or manipulate queues (by handing back an [udpated] arrayref.

By default coderefs are dispatched via goto, which allows the obvious use of compiling the plugin to an anonymous sub for later use. This make the plugins something of a trampoline object, with the exception that the "trampolines" are the class methods rather than the object itself.

Debian Operating System is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel.
Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software.
Debian comes with over 8000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. Its a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools.
Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.
Among versions of Linux, Debian is fairly unique, unlike most distributions it isnt backed by any for profit venture and instead is an all volunteer organization. There is no for profit company, or business plan behind Debian, it is a wide ranging project along the lines of GNU. Debian also provides the basis for a number of other Linux distributions, such as Lindows, Xandros, Libranet, and Knoppix.
The linchpin of Debian is a combination package management system and distribution network called forth by the mighty apt-get command. What makes this network so exceptional is that the dpkg-deb files which make up Debian packages contain information on their underlying dependencies so installing a package from the Debian network will call up all of its dependent packages.
As an example, installing a KDE application would make sure that KDE, X windows, and everything underneath was already installed on the system, and if the prerequisite packages werent already installed than the packages would automatically be downloaded and installed from the Debian network.
Enhancements:
- The Debian project has updated the stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename Sarge). This update mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. In preparation for the upcoming release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename Etch), Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 will be moved to the oldstable part of the archive. Users who would like to continue using Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 are advised to update their sources.list network sources to refer to sarge instead of stable. Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 but only updates some of the packages included.

InstallJammer is a multiplatform GUI installer designed to be completely cross-platform and function on Windows and most all versions of UNIX.
InstallJammer is a re-design of my previous installer, InstallBase. The initial release has not been done yet, but it should be released very soon.
Main features:
- A full-featured install builder.
- Installs are packaged in single binary executables for each platform making web distribution easy.
- Support for multiple install themes.
- Default install themes that resemble popular, commercial installers.
- A high level of configurability.
- Built-in support for Windows and Linux conventions.
- Automatic creation of an uninstaller.
- Easily extended to new platforms.

Debian Operating System is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel.
Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software.
Debian comes with over 8000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. Its a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools.
Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.
Among versions of Linux, Debian is fairly unique, unlike most distributions it isnt backed by any for profit venture and instead is an all volunteer organization. There is no for profit company, or business plan behind Debian, it is a wide ranging project along the lines of GNU. Debian also provides the basis for a number of other Linux distributions, such as Lindows, Xandros, Libranet, and Knoppix.
The linchpin of Debian is a combination package management system and distribution network called forth by the mighty apt-get command. What makes this network so exceptional is that the dpkg-deb files which make up Debian packages contain information on their underlying dependencies so installing a package from the Debian network will call up all of its dependent packages.
As an example, installing a KDE application would make sure that KDE, X windows, and everything underneath was already installed on the system, and if the prerequisite packages werent already installed than the packages would automatically be downloaded and installed from the Debian network.
Enhancements:
- The Debian project has updated the stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (code name Etch). This update adds security updates to the stable release, together with a few corrections to serious problems. As always, the first point release also corrects a few issues that have been noticed too late in the release process to stop the release, but still should be fixed. This point release for Etch also includes an updated release of the installer, which includes the following changes: kernels used in the installer have been updated to ABI 2.6.18-5; updated mirror list; support added for certain USB CD drives that were not being detected; incorrect setup of GKSu fixed when user chooses to install with the root account disabled...

The GNU Hurd project is a set of servers running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel. Together they build the base for the GNU operating system.

Currently, Debian is only available for Linux, but with Debian GNU/Hurd we have started to offer GNU/Hurd as a development, server and desktop platform, too. However, Debian GNU/Hurd is not officially released yet, and wont be for some time.

The Hurd is under active development, but does not provide the performance and stability you would expect from a production system. Also, only about every second Debian package has been ported to the GNU/Hurd. There is a lot of work to do before we can make a release.

Until then, you can participate in the development if you want. Depending on your experience and time commitment, you can help us in many different ways. For example, we need experienced C hackers to develop and implement new features and to fix bugs and debug the system.

If you are not very experienced in C programming, you can still help: Either by testing the existing systems and reporting bugs, or by trying to compile some unported software you have experience with. Also writing documentation is important, or maintaining the web pages.

Tk::Wizard::Installer is a Perl module for building-blocks for a software install wizard.

use Tk::Wizard::Installer 1.932;
my $wizard = new Tk::Wizard::Installer( -title => "Installer Test", );
$wizard->addDownloadPage(
-wait => undef,
#-on_error => sub { ... },
-no_retry => 1,
-files => {
http://www.cpan.org/ => ./cpan_index1.html,
http://www.cpan.org/ => ./cpan_index2.html,
http://www.leegoddard.net => ./author.html,
},
);
$wizard->addPage( sub {
return $wizard->blank_frame(
-title=>"Finished",
-subtitle => "Please press Finish to leave the Wizard.",
-text => ""
);
});
$wizard->Show;
MainLoop;

This module makes the first moves towards a Tk::Wizard extension to automate software installation, primarily for end-users, in the manner of Install Sheild.

If you are looking for a freeware software installer that is not dependant upon Perl, try Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/. Its so good, even Microsoft have been caught using it.