How to package for linux and mac?

General Discussion
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For Windows, I use Launch4j to create an exe for easy distribution. But what is recommended for linux or mac? I've searched a little and found Jnix. Anyone used that tool?

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A runnable jar is always an option, but there's also the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)…  On OS X, for example, you can actually create a .app

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You can use Java Webstart (but the shortcuts work bad :(), the very complete installer IzPack (I posted an example here) or ANT (it is possible to create a RPM with ANT but I don't know how, you can use "alien" to convert it into DEB). Give a look at JPackage too.

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Haladria said:

For Windows, I use Launch4j to create an exe for easy distribution. But what is recommended for linux or mac? I've searched a little and found Jnix. Anyone used that tool?


i spent a good afternoon trying to get launch4j to build an exe with jme jar and native dependencies....
how the hell do you do it? :)
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ncomp said:

i spent a good afternoon trying to get launch4j to build an exe with jme jar and native dependencies....
how the hell do you do it? :)


I used fat jars. So dll's are inside the jar. No special treatment needed.

IzPack looks really good. But doesn't it generate a jar file?
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Haladria said:

IzPack looks really good. But doesn't it generate a jar file?

Yes it generates a JAR file. You can use optionally a native installer. Using installers that convert bytecodes to binary codes is quite dangerous, I prefer using a JVM.