= nsis =
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers.

[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.46-setup.exe?download]]

Real world installers: [[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Category:Real_World_Installers]]

== SlackBuild 32 bit ==
 * su
 * cd /tmp
 * wget http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0/development/nsis.tar.gz
 * tar xvzf nsis.tar.gz
 * cd nsis
 * wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.46-src.tar.bz2
 * wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.46.zip
 * chmod 755 nsis.SlackBuild
 * ./nsis.SlackBuild

== Debian Wheezy (7.0 32 bit) / Ubuntu Precise32 ==
 * apt-get install scons
 * apt-get install nsis
 * makensis test.nsis

==  Create installer on Windows ==
Path to run script '''c:\program files (x86)\nsis\makensis.exe''' .

== Simple install of file.txt ==
Sample test.nsi. The file test.txt must be on the same folder/level of test.nsi.

{{{
# define the name of the installer
outfile "SimpleInstaller.exe" 
# define the directory to install to, the desktop in this case as specified  
# by the predefined $DESKTOP variable
installDir $DESKTOP 
# default section
Section 
# define the output path for this file
setOutPath $INSTDIR
# define what to install and place it in the output path
File test.txt
SectionEnd
}}}

== Simple install of file1.txt,file2.txt and file3.txt with uninstaller ==
Sample test.nsi. The file file1.txt,file2.txt and file3.txt must be on the same folder/level of test.nsi.
{{{
#set product name
!define  PROGRAM_NAME "ProgName"

#installer name
OutFile "InstallerX.exe"

#installation dir
InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\${PROGRAM_NAME}"

Section "Install"
  #target dir
  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
  File "file1.txt"
  File "file2.txt"
  File "file3.txt"
  WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
SectionEnd

Section "Uninstall"
  #delete files
  rmdir /r "$INSTDIR\*.*"
  #delete folder
  rmdir "$INSTDIR"
SectionEnd

}}}