Installers for java

Go To Antigen. Go To Java Service Wrapper. Recent Projects Contact Us. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual machine is available. Depending on the operating system, it can be launched by a double-click or a simple 'java -jar installer. The most common use is to distribute applications for the Java platform, but you can also use it for other kinds of projects. The main benefit of IzPack is that it provides a clean and unique way of distributing a project to users using different operating systems.

Through a simple config file, it allows the packager to pick files and directories from various places on disk, and not only one root dir like other installers. Improve this question. Hafizul Amri Hafizul Amri 2, 7 7 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Packlet Packlet is a simple installer tool for Java. Mini Installer A simple package to build self installating programs in Java.

Improve this answer. Matthias Braun Sorantis Sorantis 14k 4 4 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. All installers I found on your web site require an installed Java VM or automatically download and install it.

If your user works on a machine with restricted rights, this is not an option. However, the question from Amri was how to create an exe from a jar that can be started as is. Most of these require a JRE on the machine already. Launch4J is viable to answer this question from that list maybe one other. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Andrew Thompson Andrew Thompson k 40 40 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Always the best way to use whenever possible — TheLQ. Java Web Start application launcher works fine if you are trying to deploy a Java application over a network where a server is needed to host the required files, that is web-deployed.

It only transfers JAR files from the web server to the client. It is similar to. NET Click Once technology, though. Once it was normal to deliver software on floppy disk. I have 3 working computers at the moment. Very soon, Oracle will not permit any applets or JWS applications to run unless they have been approved by a verified publisher.

Just a friendly warning to anyone who hit this question from Google like I did , this answer will soon be outdated unless the developer is willing to pay the required fees to get verified. Java Web Start used to be a good solution, but now it has many potholes. Instead you will want to use platform-specific installers on top of Java Web Start, or instead of.

From the results, select Edit the system environment variables. The Environment Variables window displays the user variables and system variables present on Windows 11 PC. After you install the java on Windows 11 PC, run the command java -version. If the Java is installed, the output should look something as described below.

This completes the steps to install Java on Windows 11 PC. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can add them in the comments section below. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

To create a new system variable, click New. Check Java home environment variable After you install the java on Windows 11 PC, run the command java -version. Windows Installer is the standard Windows install technology and it is required by Microsoft for any application intending to meet the Windows logo certification.

Because the Windows Installer engine is included in the latest Microsoft operating systems, distributed with the latest products like Office and also freely downloadable on the Internet, you don't have to include it in your installation package unlike a proprietary install engine.

This ensures the smallest footprint and the tightest platform integration for your install packages. Read more Advanced Installer Features. Advanced Installer provides a native launcher for your Java applications. Using this launcher your users will see and use your Java programs just like regular Windows native executables. The native launcher provides a fast and friendly start up process for your Java applications.