Is it possible to use Packer to package a *.jar to a mac's executable?

[Joseph Mwema]

Please forgive this noob question.

Is it possible to package a *.jar executable into a Mac executable like *.app or *.dmg?

I have coded an application in java and I am able to create a windows installable package as either *.exe or *.msi from my *.jar in Netbeans IDE in Windows. I do not have a Mac but I wonder if it is possible to create an installable or an executable for a Mac from a *.jar using Packer from Windows.

I will gladly appreciate your help.

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

hello.

Packer is an automation tool that build VM using some Virtualization software or cloud.

Packer can run scripts.

Short answer is no, packer can't do that natively.

Option 1.

If you had a host that was OSX, packer local-shell could run an script and do what you want. packer will just run the script.

Option 2.

If you have a OSX VM, using remote-shell the same, could run an script and do what you want. packer will just run the script.

For the first, you need an OSX box,

For the second, I can't help you much, since OSX is not freely available, Apple have some commercial restrictions.

You could end with a VM using OSX and run an script to do what you are after, but can do that without packer, so is not a packer question we can help.

Option 3. 

Check for tome tool that can generate DMG files on linux/windows, outside packer scope I am afraid.

Sorry for not being helpful, but is not a task that packer does.

Alvaro.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Joseph Mwema <muith...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please forgive this noon question.

Is it possible to package a *.jar executable into a Mac executable like *.app or *.dmg?

I have coded an application in java and I am able to create a windows installable package as either *.exe or *.msi from my *.jar in Netbeans IDE in Windows. I do not have a Mac but I wonder if it is possible to create an installable or an executable for a Mac from a *.jar using Packer from Windows.

I will gladly appreciate your help.

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[Joseph Mwema]

Thank you Alvaro.

I just figured out how to go about it using a tool script I discovered online.

I appreciate you explaining what Packer does. I also realized I mistook it for Packr (a tool that aludes to do what I want).

My apologies for pelting the group with this stray question. I leave in peace. Stay in peace too.

Regards,

Joseph