Starting Java applications

merchtemeagle · 12-20-2005, 10:44 PM

I've downloaded some applications written in Java, and I want to make Slackware packages for them. But I want to be able to run a program by just supplying a name on the commandline.
For example:

$jpiccola

instead of having to do:

$java -jar JPiccola.jar

or

$java bla/bla/bla/ClassWithMain

What would be the easiest way to accomplish this? I was thinking of putting a script with aliases in /etc/profile.d for every application.

gbonvehi · 12-21-2005, 12:25 AM

If you want to package them the best approach would be to create a simple bash script that installs to /usr/bin with a content like:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
cd /path/to/program
java -jar program.jar

jayakrishnan · 12-21-2005, 05:48 AM

small change in the above code

#!/bin/sh
cd /path/to/program
java -jar $1

run the script as 'sh <scriptname> <jar file name>'

merchtemeagle · 12-21-2005, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayakrishnan

small change in the above code

#!/bin/sh
cd /path/to/program
java -jar $1

run the script as 'sh <scriptname> <jar file name>'

That would be only shifting the call from

$java -jar jarname

to

$sh scriptname jarname