How to make setup installer (source code had written with visual C++ using OpenCV library)

[lazuardi]

I was written the program with visual C++ and using OpenCV library. How to make setup installer for that program?
Help me,... thank you for your suggestion..

[MikeyBoy]

There are various utilities that you can use to write an installer. The one I'm familiar with is NSIS. It's a scripting language. You write a script that contains instructions detailing which files to install, where to install them to, registry keys to edit, batch scripts to run, etc. You then compile the script into an executable. The compiler takes all the files that you're installing and packages them up into the executable.

Then, when you run the executable on the target PC, those files are unpacked and installed, and any other instructions in the script are performed.

It takes a bit of learning, but I've found it pretty reasonable.

And it's free :)

[andywestken]

From a thread earlier this year:

modoran wrote:

Use an installer, like all real world programs do these days. Most used are NSIS or Inno Setup (both are free)
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

How to destribute C program to client ?
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/windows/103425/#msg557272

And there's also Wix, which is a set of tools to create MSI files which are installed by the Windows installer. Prob. rather less friendly to use. (It's the only one I've used out of these three.)
http://wixtoolset.org/

If you want to get an installer done today, with the minimum amount of overhead, use NSIS. Simple scripting language, good documentation, fast.

If you want to build MSI files, integrate with the Windows Installer transactional system, and have plenty of time to devote to learning the declarative model used by Windows Installer, then check out WiX.

Free software for windows installers: NSIS vs. WiX? [closed]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/458900/free-software-for-windows-installers-nsis-vs-wix

Andy

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullsoft_Scriptable_Install_System

Inno Setup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inno_Setup

WiX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiX

PS NSIS Vs. InnoSetup
http://www.betterinstaller.com/nsis-vs-innosetup/

Installer Platform Comparison: Making the right choice
http://www.opencandy.com/2011/06/09/installer-platform-comparison-making-the-right-choice/

NSIS Vs WiX Vs AnyOther Installation Package
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1903145/nsis-vs-wix-vs-anyother-installation-package