SIS is an acronym that stands for ''Software Installation Script'', the standard software installation package format for
Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian ...
. SIS files are an archive, containing installation instructions, the application file (usually an .APP or .
EXE file), and its dependencies. By convention .sis
x denotes a signed file.
[http://www.symbiansigned.com ]
There are different ways how a SIS file can be created. The basic approach is to create a package definition file (.pkg) that contains information about the package like the vendor, package name and what files to include in the package. Then use the ''makesis'' and ''signsis'' utilities that processes the .pkg file and creates the actual SIS file.
Other alternatives are to use the
Carbide.c++ IDE that automatically builds the SIS file as part of the build process or to graphically define and create the installation package using
PackageForge
PackageForge is a commercial graphical installation and packaging software tool for Symbian OS based smartphones. PackageForge allows developers to graphically create software installation packages that can be installed to a Symbian OS based phone. ...
.
The Windows utility ''SISContents'' is able to convert various file formats.
See also
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JAR (file format), Java installation files for mobile devices
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MBM (file format)
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Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian ...
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S60 platform
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S90 platform
References
External links
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Symbian developer websites60_3_0_how_to_sign_sis_files_1_4.pdf
Archive formats
Symbian OS
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