Yolel/jar2app

jar2app is an extremely simple, python based, command line tool to package JAR files into Mac OS applications, based off a tutorial created by Slavko Žitnik.

jar2app

jar2app is an extremely simple, python based, command line tool to package JAR files into Mac OS applications, based off a tutorial created by Slavko Žitnik.

Compatibility

• macOS
• Python >= 3.6

Dependencies

• Click
• py2x

Installation and Usage

	Installation	Usage
Homebrew	$ brew install dante-biase/x2x/jar2app	$ jar2app JAR_FILE [OPTIONS]
Manual	$ git clone https://github.com/dante-biase/jar2app.git $ cd jar2app $ pip3 install -r requirements.txt $ chmod +x jar2app.py	$ ./jar2app.py JAR_FILE [OPTIONS]

JAR_FILE

• specifies the jar file to be converted into an application, required

[OPTIONS]

  -i, --icon_file               TEXT    icon to give the app
  -d, --destination_directory   TEXT    directory to create the app in
  -n, --name                    TEXT    app name
  --help                                print this message and exit

NOTES

1. if name not specified, the resultant application will be named with the stem of JAR_FILE
2. if destination_directory not specified, the resultant application will be placed in the same directory as JAR_FILE