COMMON TYPES

OF INSTALLERS
ANGEL MIKE M. CATAMBACAN
JR.
GRADE 10 - VIGOROUS
 WHAT IS AN INSTALLER?

An installation program or installer is a computer program

that install files, such a applications, drivers or other
softwares, onto a computer. Some installers are specifically
made to install the files they contain; other installers are
general-purpose and work by reading the contents of the
software package to be installed.
 BOOTSTRAPPER

-During the installation of computer program, it is

sometimes necessary to update the installer or package
manager itself. To make this possible, a technique called
bootstrapping is used. The common pattern for this is
to use small executable files which is update the
installer and starts real installation after the update.
This small executable is called bootstrapper. Sometimes
the bootstrapper installs other prerequisites for the
software during the bootstrapping process to.
 SYSTEM INSTALLER

-a system installer is the software that is used to set

up and install an operating system onto a device.
Examples of system installers on Linux are Ubiquity and
Wubi for Ubuntu, Anaconda for CentOS and Fedora,
Debian Installer for Debian-based versions Linux, and
YaST for SUSE –based projects. Another example is
found in Haiku operating system, which uses a utility
called Haiku Installer to install itself onto a device after
booting from a live CD or live USB.
 01 Cross-Platform Installer

Builders produce installers that ran on Linux, Windows

and MacOS.
EXAMPLE: InstallAnywhere by FLEXERA SOFTWARE
 02 Windows Installer

-Microsoft provide minimum level of tools required to

create installer and that is windows installer.
EXAMPLE: InstallShield and WIX
Examples of installation authoring tools
that do not rely on windows installer.

Visual Installer Installer Vise Wise Installation Studio

03 MacOS Installer

-a native package manager, also includes a separate

software updating application the software update