Is any way to make smaller installer package

[jay]

Dear All,

I created a package with NSIS in windows. it comes around 6MB. Is any other way to achieve package of smaller size.

If anyone know any other method, pls help me

Regards,
Jay.

[nish]

you have to try different installers... but if your files are so big that you cannot do anything about it...
give a try to installjammer or inno setup

[squidge]

Are you packaging the Qt DLLs? If so, you can recompile the DLL to exclude stuff you don't need. That will shrink the size.

[spud]

You've probably already figured this out, but make sure to use the best compressor for nsis. LZMA(Solid) is usually 20% smaller than the default for me, but I usually land at ~6MB.
There is also the possibility to compile Qt statically (http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.1/deployment-windows.html#building-qt-statically).

[Boron]

Before creating the install package use UPX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX) on libraries and exe.

[jay]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

I have compiled the Qt with some configure options and also in static, now the installer comes around 4MB.

Regards,
Jay.

[squidge]

Don't forget the licensing requirements for static builds.