VMware InstallBuilder Enterprise

• Develop installers using the intuitive GUI or by editing XML-based installer project files.
• Built-in actions automate adding commonly required functionality to installers.
• Make platform-specific customizations while maintaining one project file for all platforms.

• Create installers for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, FreeBSD, and more.
• Generate RPMs, Debian packages, and multi-platform DVDs or CD-ROMs.
• Installers run in GUI, text, and unattended modes.

• The included debugger allows you to test installers as you develop and pinpoint areas to troubleshoot.
• The command-line interface allows for integration with build and test systems.
• “Human-friendly” XML-based project files support source control integration and customizing installers using external scripts

Enhanced parameter support makes it possible to create dynamic pages that will be automatically reconfigured based on the user’s input. This allows you to create a more customized and streamlined installation experience for users.

InstallBuilder provides support for downloadable components and component groups, including support for subcomponents. Downloadable components will be downloaded at runtime only if the user chooses to install them, reducing the size of installer downloads. The  InstallBuilder component system allows you to group individual components and build feature sets that will be displayed in a tree structure (“subcomponents”.) It also allows users to add and remove specific components from existing installations.

Over 350 pages of documentation are now available for InstallBuilder. The documentation not only explains every feature of InstallBuilder but also provides sample code for a wide variety of installer functions, such as bundling a Java runtime, detecting pre-requisites on the system, offering basic and advanced installation modes, and more.