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InstallAnywhere
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Overview
InstallAnywhere gives software developers a quick and easy way to author professional installations for Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, i5/OS, Mac OS X, Windows, and more. It saves you time and cuts costs by creating a single project file that generates reliable setups for each of the platforms you target.
If you develop applications for multiple platforms, trying to manually create setups for each one is a time-consuming and error-prone process. It often leads to release delays and installation errors that frustrate end users and increase your support costs.
InstallAnywhere makes it easy for even the most novice installation developer to create professional setups for virtually any platform. It is available in two editions (Enterprise and Standard) and in four languages (English, German, French, and Japanese).
Reduce software development time
- Build an installation project in minutes with the Project Wizard and Advanced Designer – no coding needed
- Install software on multiple platforms using a single installation project
- Create setups of your most complex applications with advanced customization and configuration options and accessibility support
Impress end users with customized installations
- Create setups that match your branding using custom graphics, animation, and transparent images
- Automatically localize installation text in 31 different languages
- Give setups the platform-specific functionality they need using innovative APIs
Lower QA and support costs
- Get software to market faster by simplifying documentation and accelerating the QA process
- Capture, test, maintain, and use installation requirements throughout the development process with InstallAnywhere Collaboration
- Cut support costs by reducing end-user installation problems
What's new in InstallAnywhere 2009
- New extensibility advancements, such as expanded APIs, increase the options for the programmatic interface
- New features make your life easier during installation authoring, including an automated “check Windows platform” rule and a time-saving group rules update
- New tools benefit your end users, such as enhanced payload optimization for duplicate files, more customized end-user panels, and greater customization of localized screens
Two Editions: Standard and Enterprise
Enterprise
Our Ultimate Solution for Installing Software on Multiple Platforms
InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition is our most powerful tool for creating professional, customized installations for multiple platforms. This cross platform installer provides the ultimate in technology support, configuration options, user interaction, and client/server features, simplifying even the most complicated installations.
If you develop complex applications, require multiple platform-specific customization options, market to an international audience, or simply wish to provide customers with the best possible installation experience, then the Enterprise Edition is the installer for you.
The Enterprise Edition is available in English, French, German, or Japanese, and has full international support to create cross platform installers in 31 different languages.
- Customize installation panels, GUI, console actions, and uninstallers
- Install native packages, such as RPM, on Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX
- Simplify software deployment to the most popular operating systems with included platform-specific functionality
- Facilitate team development with expanded collaboration features
Standard
The Easy Way to Create Reliable Multi-Platform Installations
InstallAnywhere Standard Editions provides you with the basic functionality you need to install software on multiple platforms. This cross platform installer lets even the most novice developer create reliable installations in minutes – no coding required.
The Standard Edition is the ideal solution for developers looking for a quick and easy way to create multi-platform installations. If you build software with more advanced installation requirements, however, consider moving up to the full-featured InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition.
The Standard Edition is available in English and has international support to create installers in 9 different languages.

