Inno Setup Dependency Installer

Inno Setup Dependency Installer can download and install any dependency such as .NET, Visual C++ or SQL Server Express Redistributable during your application's installation process! In addition, it is easy to add your own dependencies as well.

Installation and Usage

1. Download and install Inno Setup 6.1+.
2. Download and extract this repository or clone it.
3. Open the extracted setup.iss file.
4. Comment out dependency defines to disable installing them and leave only dependencies that need to be installed:
   • #define UseVC2015 <-- will be installed
   • ;#define UseVC2015 <-- commented out and will not be installed
5. Modify other sections like [Setup] [Files] [Icons] as necessary.
6. Build setup using Inno Setup compiler.

Details

You have two ways to distribute the dependency installers. By default, the dependency will be downloaded from the official website once it is defined as required in the setup.iss. Another way is to pack the dependency into a single setup.exe file. To do so, you need:

• Include the dependency setup file by defining the source:

  Source: "dxwebsetup.exe"; Flags: dontcopy noencryption

• Call the ExtractTemporaryFile() function before AddDependency()

  ExtractTemporaryFile('dxwebsetup.exe');

The installation routine of the dependencies is automatic, and in quiet or semi quiet mode. Therefore no user interaction is needed.

Dependencies

• .NET

  • .NET Framework 1.1
  • .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
  • .NET Framework 2.0 + Service Pack 2
  • .NET Framework 3.5 + Service Pack 1
  • .NET Framework 4.0 Client
  • .NET Framework 4.0 Full
  • .NET Framework 4.5.2
  • .NET Framework 4.6.2
  • .NET Framework 4.7.2
  • .NET Framework 4.8
  • .NET Core Runtime 3.1
  • ASP.NET Core Runtime 3.1
  • .NET Desktop Runtime 3.1
  • .NET Runtime 5.0
  • ASP.NET Core Runtime 5.0
  • .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0

• C++

  • Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
  • Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
  • Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable
  • Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable
  • Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable
  • Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable

• SQL

  • SQL Server 2008 Express R2 + Service Pack 2
  • SQL Server 2012 Express + Service Pack 4
  • SQL Server 2014 Express + Service Pack 3
  • SQL Server 2016 Express + Service Pack 2
  • SQL Server 2017 Express
  • SQL Server 2019 Express

• DirectX End-User Runtime

• Windows Installer 4.5

Credits

Thanks to the community for sharing many fixes and improvements. To contribute please create a pull request on this repository.

License

The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02