Jnix

Read about what has been updated in version 1.1 here.

Jnix is a Launch4J compatible utility for wrapping jar files in shell scripts for deployment on Linux and Unix. It can also serve as a launcher script for jar files.

Jnix is a command line utility, you will either need to create a Launch4J configuration file by hand or use the Launch4J gui.

To create a wrapper or launcher for a jar file open a terminal and navigate to the jnix installation directory then type:

java -jar JnixBuild.jar "path to launch4j configuration file"

If java is not in your path you will need to provide the full path to java or on linux you can type:

sh ./jnix.sh -jar JnixBuild.jar "path to launch4j configuration file"

and jnix will find the path to a suitable version of java.

The output shell script may need to be marked as executable before it can be run.

Requirements for running the output shell script are:

• Bash version 2 or later must be available and the commands dirname, readlink, which.
• The locate and find commands are highly recommended to be installed, on some systems they may be required to find an appropriate java installation.
• The following commands may be needed depending on the Launch4J configuration options: xterm or x-terminal-emulator, kdialog or zenity or xmessage, xdg-open, grep, awk, free, nice.

Most Launch4J options are supported with the exception of:

• Splash screen, custom icon and custom process name.
• Single application instance.
• Version and application information.

Jnix is provided under the terms and conditions of the BSD license.