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sacred dome
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I got a JavaFX project, and I got the Fat Jar containing everything, and I successfully created the exe using jpackage, and when I tried launching the exe, it doesn't launch and Windows do something about "Configuring it", what is this? How do I get the actual installer of the app? I provided the jpackage command with:
-- name
-- type
-- icon
-- input
-- main-class
-- main-jar
-- dest

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sacred dome
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When I open the Task Manager, it's there in the background tasks

flat wind
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hey contact me when you are free, it is a serious crazy process.
You have to have WiXtoolkit and package it in a certain way, depending on how did you create Fat Jar at first place and do you have a native runtime or not

sacred dome
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I made an exe before, long ago, and it works. I don't know why this one doesn't

flat wind
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But other than that, I can share you my process of packaging too

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Make sure you have these plugins:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.0</version>
    <configuration>
        <archive>
            <manifest>
                <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                <mainClass>Launcher</mainClass>
            </manifest>
        </archive>
    </configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.2.4</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>shade</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <transformers>
                    <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                        <mainClass>org.yashgamerx.notepad.Launcher</mainClass>
                    </transformer>
                </transformers>
                <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

You must install Wix Toolset before you proceed furthur.

Run these commands in terminal:

mvn clean package
mvn javafx:jlink
mkdir -p target/app/libs
cp target/notepad-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar target/app/libs/
jpackage --type exe --name "<File-Name>" --app-version 1.0 --input target/app/libs --main-jar My-JarFile-1.0.jar --main-class org.yashgamerx.Application --runtime-image target/image --dest target/installer --icon src\main\resources\icon.ico --vendor "Yashgamerx"

It might take couple of minutes for packaging based on your size of application.
And your exe will be available in target folder

sacred dome
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Okay thanks for the info, will take a look at what you have sent!

flat wind
sacred dome
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But how did the old one work? 🙂

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Like the exe was made, when I tried opening it, it opened the installer, intalled and it worked normally

flat wind
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running the same installer twice can also cause issues

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I had the same issue, I had to uninstall the previous application and reinstall using new installer

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jpackaging was also a headache for me when I was doing it for first time 😂.
Thats when I learned that deployment is something nobody teaches you oh_dear

sacred dome
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Gosh 🥹🥹

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Packaging is harder than building the app itself

flat wind
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make sure you change the main-class name and jar file name from above example

sacred dome
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Should I make the app as an installer, or an independent app?

flat wind
sacred dome
flat wind
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Independent app, will require users to install JavaFX individually sometimes

sacred dome
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Like I don't have to run those everytime

sacred dome
flat wind
sacred dome
flat wind
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give it a try and let me know

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dont forget to change class names, jar file name and icon name from the above example

sacred dome
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Will do

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Wait did you mention the way of installing Wix?

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[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
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I got this when I ran mvn javafx:jlink

flat wind
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forgot to mention:

are you using this plugin or not?

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
    <artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.8</version>
    <configuration>
        <mainClass>org.yashgamerx.notepad.Launcher</mainClass>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>default-cli</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>jlink</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <launcher>Opacity-Notepad</launcher>
                <jlinkImageName>Opacity-Notepad-Image</jlinkImageName>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>
sacred dome
flat wind
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does it have same goals?

sacred dome
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No goals

flat wind
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add the same executions

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just change the launcher and jlink image name

sacred dome
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Cannot resolve symbol 'configuration'

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On the config tag

flat wind
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version 0.0.8?

sacred dome
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yes

flat wind
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wanna hop on voice chat?

sacred dome
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Can't. It's middle of the night

flat wind
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oh shit 🤣

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can you send me your pom file?

sacred dome
flat wind
sacred dome
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It works now 'no errors'

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But the command still fails

flat wind
sacred dome
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Failed to execute goal org.openjfx:javafx-maven-plugin:0.0.8:jlink (default-cli)

sacred dome
flat wind
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seeing your pom.xml is the only option to confirm everything is correct

sacred dome
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Why is the Main class Main and not Questioner

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wait

flat wind
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oh yeah

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two different main class

sacred dome
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But that has no excuse for jlink

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That is for shading

flat wind
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Whats the actual Main class?

sacred dome
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Questioner

flat wind
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thats my end. it works on mine

image.png
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fix the main class for shade just in case

sacred dome
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I fixed it, still same problem

sacred dome
flat wind
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Thats a crazy beef

sacred dome
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3.9.11

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version

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Java 23

flat wind
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oh_dear , now its a serious problem

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you can also package it without jlink

sacred dome
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Dude I just want a simple installer to hand out to some people D:

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I installed Wix, now what?

flat wind
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mvn clean package
mkdir -p target/app/libs
cp target/notepad-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar target/app/libs/
jpackage --type exe --name "<File-Name>" --app-version 1.0 --input target/app/libs --main-jar My-JarFile-1.0.jar --main-class org.yashgamerx.Application --dest target/installer --icon src\main\resources\icon.ico --vendor "Yashgamerx"
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thats without jlink

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jlink just decreases the installer size

sacred dome
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mhm

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a jar appeared in libs, and an exe appeared in installer

flat wind
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🥳

sacred dome
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Still same problem

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You do always celebrate early lol

flat wind
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wait a min, do you have module-info.java as part of the project?

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thats good

sacred dome
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It says some weird stuff about Windows configuring it

flat wind
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so you are tell me, it is still running in the background?

sacred dome
sacred dome
flat wind
sacred dome
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It's not an installer

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It should ask if you allow this app to make changes in your device right? It's not that

flat wind
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did you uninstall previous versions of this application

sacred dome
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Yes

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The exes? Yes

flat wind
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not the exe

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the application from program files

sacred dome
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The installer didn't even open for it to be downloaed in Program Files

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The installer is completely fried

flat wind
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the installer never popped up because we never asked him what the users can select before installing

sacred dome
flat wind
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that app is successfully installed on your machine I believe

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search for the name

sacred dome
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Didn't

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Already searched

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Coding is way too easy compared to this

flat wind
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--win-menu --win-dir-chooser

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this should pop up menu and allow user to choose directory prior to installation

sacred dome
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The background task is always only taking 1 MB of memory

flat wind
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I would blame windows at this point

sacred dome
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Okay things is getting out of hands

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Why the hell is The installer running, but not shown in Task Manager

flat wind
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get some sleep, restart pc and retry tomorrow

sacred dome
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I can't even kill it

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Okay it got back. Hell

flat wind
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lets hope for the best this time
Touching wood

sacred dome
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Spent more time packaging than the actual coding

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When I saw the exe 5 hours ago with only JPackage, I thought it was easy

flat wind
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Atleast you will be spending lesser time than I did for my first packaging 😭

sacred dome
flat wind
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oh yeah oh_dear

sacred dome
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So any suggestions on what to do before hopping off?

flat wind
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maybe its better you hop off and let the pc get some rest too

sacred dome
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Do I just hand people the fat jar and let them run it from the console 😭

flat wind
sacred dome
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Dw I don't even know what that is to use it

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All good

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Packaging is new to me

flat wind
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can I get the jar and I can try creating the executable for you?

sacred dome
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Let me hop on again wait

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I won't be close minded and obfuscate it first as I am desperate for the installer

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Do I give you what is in target/ or app/libs/

flat wind
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target

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app/libs just have a copy of the target's jar

sacred dome
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ugh wait, The file is bigger than 10 MB

flat wind
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I probably would have to get it from your github release

sacred dome
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don't have nitro, let me put it on drive real quick

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But wait aren't jars usually less than 0.5 MB?

flat wind
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you can release the jar on github

sacred dome
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Is it because it's fat?

flat wind
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yep, FX has to be blamed for that

pulsar timberBOT
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flat wind
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still a problem exists, keep the thread alive