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Create Windows executable JAR
Hello,
I have the following request:
I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact that I am
able to produce an executable JAR.
I have seen the Codehaus appasembler Maven plugin but it seems it produces
several files where I want to produce a single .exe file.
Do you know if such a plugin exists somewhere ?
Thanks
--
Jeff MAURY
"Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually
working and scaling.
- Bjarne Stroustrup
http://www.jeffmaury.com
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Re: Create Windows executable JAR
Posted by hanasaki <ha...@hanaden.com>.
Take a look at onejar. There is a maven plugin as well.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Create Windows executable JAR
From: Eric Kolotyluk
To: Maven Users List
Date: 02/07/2013 02:34 PM
> I have often built a single .jar file that will launch if you double-click
> it from a desktop or folder. I have even created a single file that works
> equally well on Windows, Mac and Linux.
>
> The catch is, however, that you have to have Java already installed, and
> your desktop environment needs to associate .jar files with Java.
>
> For example, you can use the shade plugin to create an uber-jar this is
> launch-able.
>
> If you do not have Java already installed, you have to resort to creating a
> .exe file for use on Windows. In the good old days, you could always count
> on Java being installed on OS X.
>
> Cheers, Eric
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Curtis Rueden <ct...@wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>>> I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact
>>> that I am able to produce an executable JAR.
>>
>> To my knowledge, it is not a cleanly solved problem.
>>
>> My team solved it by writing our own cross-platform launcher application in
>> C [1]. There are many technical details in the comments of the relevant
>> issue in our bug tracker [2]. We use maven-nar-plugin and
>> maven-assembly-plugin to enable Maven to compile, package and deploy it on
>> various platforms, with the help of Windows, OS X and Linux Jenkins nodes
>> [3, 4].
>>
>> Horribly complicated, but it works. Maybe others know of a simpler
>> solution.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Curtis
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/imagej/imagej/tree/master/core/launcher
>> [2] http://trac.imagej.net/ticket/832
>> [3] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher/
>> [4] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher-deploy/
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Jeff MAURY <je...@jeffmaury.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have the following request:
>>> I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact that I am
>>> able to produce an executable JAR.
>>> I have seen the Codehaus appasembler Maven plugin but it seems it
>> produces
>>> several files where I want to produce a single .exe file.
>>> Do you know if such a plugin exists somewhere ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeff MAURY
>>>
>>>
>>> "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually
>>> working and scaling.
>>> - Bjarne Stroustrup
>>>
>>> http://www.jeffmaury.com
>>> http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com
>>> http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury
>>>
>>
>
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Re: Create Windows executable JAR
Posted by Eric Kolotyluk <er...@gmail.com>.
I have often built a single .jar file that will launch if you double-click
it from a desktop or folder. I have even created a single file that works
equally well on Windows, Mac and Linux.
The catch is, however, that you have to have Java already installed, and
your desktop environment needs to associate .jar files with Java.
For example, you can use the shade plugin to create an uber-jar this is
launch-able.
If you do not have Java already installed, you have to resort to creating a
.exe file for use on Windows. In the good old days, you could always count
on Java being installed on OS X.
Cheers, Eric
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Curtis Rueden <ct...@wisc.edu> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> > I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact
> > that I am able to produce an executable JAR.
>
> To my knowledge, it is not a cleanly solved problem.
>
> My team solved it by writing our own cross-platform launcher application in
> C [1]. There are many technical details in the comments of the relevant
> issue in our bug tracker [2]. We use maven-nar-plugin and
> maven-assembly-plugin to enable Maven to compile, package and deploy it on
> various platforms, with the help of Windows, OS X and Linux Jenkins nodes
> [3, 4].
>
> Horribly complicated, but it works. Maybe others know of a simpler
> solution.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> [1] https://github.com/imagej/imagej/tree/master/core/launcher
> [2] http://trac.imagej.net/ticket/832
> [3] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher/
> [4] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher-deploy/
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Jeff MAURY <je...@jeffmaury.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have the following request:
> > I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact that I am
> > able to produce an executable JAR.
> > I have seen the Codehaus appasembler Maven plugin but it seems it
> produces
> > several files where I want to produce a single .exe file.
> > Do you know if such a plugin exists somewhere ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Jeff MAURY
> >
> >
> > "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually
> > working and scaling.
> > - Bjarne Stroustrup
> >
> > http://www.jeffmaury.com
> > http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com
> > http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury
> >
>
Re: Create Windows executable JAR
Posted by Curtis Rueden <ct...@wisc.edu>.
Hi Jeff,
> I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact
> that I am able to produce an executable JAR.
To my knowledge, it is not a cleanly solved problem.
My team solved it by writing our own cross-platform launcher application in
C [1]. There are many technical details in the comments of the relevant
issue in our bug tracker [2]. We use maven-nar-plugin and
maven-assembly-plugin to enable Maven to compile, package and deploy it on
various platforms, with the help of Windows, OS X and Linux Jenkins nodes
[3, 4].
Horribly complicated, but it works. Maybe others know of a simpler solution.
Regards,
Curtis
[1] https://github.com/imagej/imagej/tree/master/core/launcher
[2] http://trac.imagej.net/ticket/832
[3] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher/
[4] http://jenkins.imagej.net/job/ImageJ-launcher-deploy/
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Jeff MAURY <je...@jeffmaury.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following request:
> I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact that I am
> able to produce an executable JAR.
> I have seen the Codehaus appasembler Maven plugin but it seems it produces
> several files where I want to produce a single .exe file.
> Do you know if such a plugin exists somewhere ?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Jeff MAURY
>
>
> "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually
> working and scaling.
> - Bjarne Stroustrup
>
> http://www.jeffmaury.com
> http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com
> http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury
>
Re: Create Windows executable JAR
Posted by David Karr <da...@gmail.com>.
If you're just trying to build a windows executable, I've been able to use
"launch4j" to make this happen. It works perfectly fine for what I've used
it for.
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Jeff MAURY <je...@jeffmaury.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following request:
> I want to build with Maven a Windows executable given the fact that I am
> able to produce an executable JAR.
> I have seen the Codehaus appasembler Maven plugin but it seems it produces
> several files where I want to produce a single .exe file.
> Do you know if such a plugin exists somewhere ?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Jeff MAURY
>
>
> "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually
> working and scaling.
> - Bjarne Stroustrup
>
> http://www.jeffmaury.com
> http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com
> http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury
>