IzPack

*nix | java | macos | open source | windows | setup

Julien Ponge

4.1.1

  • Added Greek language support (Fabrice Mirabile, thanks to Panayotis Katsaloulis for the translation and flag).
  • New splashscreen artwork (Nicolas Deschaume).
  • Added IPAdress and ClassPath variable (Fabrice Mirabile).
  • Added HostName variable (Fabrice Mirabile, thanks to Oliver Kiddle).
  • Fixes for IPAdress (Fabrice Mirabile).
  • Patch for WebAccessor: indeterminate progress bar (Julian Payne).
  • Finish language support update (Ari Voutilainen).
  • ...

IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual machine is available. Depending on the operating system, it can be launched by a double-click or a simple 'java -jar installer.jar' on a shell.

Features:

  • XML-based installer descriptors
  • Uses the maximum Jar archives compression level
  • Jakarta Ant integration
  • Great flexibility and modularity, it is very easy to extend IzPack
  • No native code is required, but you can extend IzPack with native code
  • Shortcuts creation system
  • Flexible and powerful user input panel
  • Automatic uninstaller creation
  • Easy localization with XML langpacks: 16 langpacks are provided by default
  • Variable substitution system
  • OS-specific scripts interaction
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