BitRock :: Products :: InstallBuilder

Supported Platforms

Our goal is to build installers that work seamlessly in the greatest number of operating system versions. Please let us know what your experience is with your particular operating system.

BitRock installers run in most Linux platforms and have been extensively tested in:

Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Solaris Sparc 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Solaris Intel 8, 9, 10
AIX 4.3, 5.x and later
HP-UX 11 and later (both PA-RISC and Itanium)
IRIX 6.5
FreeBSD 6.x, 5.x. 4.x
OpenBSD 3.x
Ubuntu Linux PPC
Red Hat 8.x, 9.x series
Red Hat Enteprise Linux 3, 4
Fedora Core 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Suse 9.x series
Suse Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10

as well as in different versions of Gentoo, Mandrake and Debian.

Authoring Environment Requirements (Windows)

Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista (contact us for Windows 95 support)
32Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution

Authoring Environment Requirements (Mac OS X)

Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 (PPC or Intel)
64Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution

Authoring Environment Requirements (Unix)

One of the following
Solaris Sparc 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Solaris Intel 8, 9, 10
HP-UX 11 or later (both PA-RISC and Itanium supported)
IBM AIX 4.3 or later (including 5.x)
IRIX SGI 6.5 or later
FreeBSD 6.x, 5.x, 4.x
OpenBSD 3.x
32Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution

BitRock InstallBuilder can run in both GUI and command line modes. For GUI mode an X-Window installation must be present.

Authoring Environment Requirements (Linux)

One of the following
x86 Linux system.
x64 Linux system.
ia64 (Itanium) Linux system.
PPC Linux system.
s390 Linux system.
For x86, a glibc 2.2 distribution such as Red Hat 8.0 or later. For PPC, a glibc 2.3 distribution or later. These configurations cover virtually all Linux distribution currently in use. InstallBuilder may run in older systems but those configurations are not supported. The generated installers do not have those requirements (see below).
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution.

BitRock InstallBuilder can run in both GUI and command line modes. For GUI mode an X-Window installation must be present (X-Window is installed by default in most Linux distributions).

Generated Installer Requirements (Windows)

Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista (contact us for Windows 95 support)
16Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution

Generated Installer Requirements (Mac OS X)

Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 (PPC or Intel)
32Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution.

Generated Installer Requirements (Unix)

One of the following
Solaris Sparc 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Solaris Intel 8, 9, 10
HP-UX 11 or later
IBM AIX 4.3 or later (including 5.x)
IRIX SGI 6.5 or later
FreeBSD 6.x, 5.x, 4.x
OpenBSD 3.x
16Mb of free RAM
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution.

Generated Installer Requirements (Linux)

One of the following
x86 Linux system.
x64 Linux system.
ia64 (Itanium) Linux system.
PPC Linux system.
s390 Linux system.
On x86, the minimum requirement is a glibc2-based Linux distribution. That includes most distributions released on or after the year 2000. Please contact us if you require support for older Linux versions.
Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution.

X-Window installation mode

This mode requires an X-Window installation present in the system (otherwise an alternate text mode will be used).

GTK installation mode

This mode, supported on FreeBSD and Linux, requires GTK2 libraries installed in the system (otherwise an alternate X-Window GUI mode will be used). These libraries are installed by default in most FreeBSD and Linux installations.