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Distributing small Java applications (i.e. convert to EXE)

By admin | April 30, 2011

Many times it can be said that it is not very friendly getting a .class file to run. Here is a better way to get them to run – it involves first converting it to an executable .jar and then optionally converting to an executable file on Windows.

Prerequisites:

Procedure:

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Topics: Linux | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Distributing small Java applications (i.e. convert to EXE)”

  1. tom Says:
    October 9th, 2012 at 02:04

    hey,
    that is clearly explained.But i have a problem
    hope you can help.
    when i run ” java -jar *.jar”
    it says “no main manifest attribute, in *.jar”

    and its a standalone applet program i have converted that to application by adding main method in another class and calling it..

    and to create jar
    here s command i used
    “jar -cvfm manifest.mf.txt *.class *.class *.txt”

    i don’t know what is the prob..
    if you know d solution or if you know the cause of this problem mail me.!!

  2. admin Says:
    October 13th, 2012 at 18:09

    @tom:

    I think that the jar cvfm command has to be run like so:

    jar cvfm .jar .mf .class

    Also if you’re using Windows, turn off the hiding of file extensions in Explorer. The manifest file has to actually end in .mf, not .mf.txt.

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