Using the jpackager

[Nir Lisker]

There are some instructions in the JEP [1]. They show how to create a dmg.

[1]
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200758?focusedCommentId=14217780&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14217780

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:06 PM Lennart Börjeson <lenborje at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been trying to understand how to use the jpackager, but I'm stumped.
>
> I have for a long been using the now defunct gradle-javafx plugin, so I've
> never really used the old javapackager either, only indirectly through
> gradle.
>
> So I'm maybe asking terribly noob questions, but here goes:
>
> Let's say I have a non-modular application packaged as an executable jar,
> i.e. a GUI I can launch with the "java -jar" command: How can I package
> this as a native application/dmg with jpackager?
>
> On a more general note: What's the required layout/contents of the "input
> directory"?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> /Lennart Börjeson