How To Install Makensis On Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Makensis On Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

makensis

Cross-platform compiler for NSIS installers.
It compiles a NSIS script into a Windows installer executable.

Maintainer: Thomas Gaugler



Section: devel

Install makensis

  • Debian apt-get install nsis Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install nsis Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install nsis Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install makensis Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install nsis Click to copy
  • macOS brew install makensis Click to copy

Cross-platform compiler for NSIS installers. It compiles a NSIS script into a Windows installer executable.

How to use makensis?

Below are few example commands for makensis that you can use in the terminal.

Compile a NSIS script:
makensis path/to/file.nsiClick to copy
Compile a NSIS script in strict mode (treat warnings as errors):
makensis -WX path/to/file.nsiClick to copy
Print help for a specific command:
makensis -CMDHELP commandClick to copy
Install the latest version of makensis in Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS from terminal. To install the makensis just copy the above command for your OS and run into terminal. After you run the command it will grab the latest version of makensis from the respository and install it in your computer/server.