Once we have a JAR, we can create a self-containing application using the -deploy command with the -native parameter:
"$JAVA_HOME/bin/javapackager" -deploy -native -verbose -appclass chapterEleven.SimpleApp -outdir dist-native -outfile SimpleApp -srcdir dist -srcfiles SimpleApp.jar -appclass chapterEleven.SimpleApp -name SimpleApp
Parameters are similar to the JAR creation routine, but we need to provide a JAR here as a source.
javapackager may ask you to install additional software to run properly. For example, on Windows you'll need to have the following applications:
- WiX Toolset (http://wixtoolset.org/): Windows installer's tools
- Inno Setup (http://www.jrsoftware.org): Another installer's ...
