How to make installer of java desktop application for multi-platform?

Question

Hi friends,

How could we made a jar file's installer, which can run on multi-platform, is there any simple way, because I don't know Java too well.

Balwant

Answer 1

izPack is pretty nifty and supports multi-platform installations.

Answer 2

If the target audience have access to the web, you could have a look on Java Web Start which allows you to basically do all you need.

It requires the user to click a link and download.

Answer 3

Installer tools for Java have been dealt with in quite many questions on SO, and most options have probably been mentioned already:

• What’s the best way to distribute Java applications?
• Java Application Installers
• What is the best installation tool for java?

See also other questions tagged java+installer.

If a commercial tool is ok, the best multi-platform installer for Java software, to my knowledge, is install4j; I can definitely recommend it (more about my experiences with it).

Answer 4

Nearly half of our BitRock InstallBuilder customers use it for Java deployment. It is multiplatform and runs in all the major platforms such as Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, HP-UX (and most of the obscure ones too :)

Answer 5

Thanks for your reply guys,

But any body can tell me about free and helpfull GUI interface, through which I can make small setup with only size with up to 100KB or can be bundled java(jre (15MB+100KB)).