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Revision as of 11:47, 18 October 2013
| Developer(s) | Flexera Software LLC |
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| Initial release | 2000 |
| Stable release | 2013
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| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and various UNIXes |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Installer creation, Virtual Appliances creation |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | InstallAnywhere page on the Flexera Software site |
InstallAnywhere is a Java-based software tool for creating installers or software packages, for multiple platforms. It can also be used to create Virtual Appliances for Linux platforms using an existing installers or software packages. InstallAnywhere was originally made by Zero G Software until it was acquired by Macrovision in mid-June 2005.[1] With Macrovision's sale of their software group InstallAnywhere is now owned and supported by Acresso Software. There are two editions of the software, Standard and Enterprise. With InstallAnywhere 2012 release onward, there is an additional Cloud Pack available for creating Virtual Appliances.
In October 2009 Acresso Software announced its name change to Flexera Software. [2]
History
InstallAnywhere's main competitor was InstallShield MP (MultiPlatform). However, as Macrovision acquired both InstallShield and InstallAnywhere, it stopped the development of InstallShield MP and encouraged its users to migrate to InstallAnywhere 8. Similarly, there was an InstallAnywhere version that concurrenced InstallShield, called InstallAnywhere.NET (Windows only) based on a product acquisition from ActiveInstall. Again, Macrovision announced its EOL right after the Zero G acquisition, and encouraged InstallAnywhere.NET users to migrate to InstallShield.