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In a message of Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:50:05 -0700, Paul Rubin writes:
>Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
>> This is not an option for me. My users only accept standalone executables.
>> They cannot install any runtime environment or extra libraries.
>
>Long ago I was involved with a thing like this and used Inno Setup,
>which was great.  It's a very slick installer whose user experience is
>similar to Install Shield if you're familiar with that.  I have no idea
>what current best practice is, but I see that Inno Setup is still
>around.

Docker is what I hear people are using now.
https://www.docker.com/

But I have never tried this myself.

Laura