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Re:XARs: An efficient system for self-contained executables by isostatic on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:41PM (#17525005)
Fine, build your own package.

  # dpkg-deb --build ./src/ mydeb.deb
Stick your dependencies etc in ./src/DEBIAN/control

Or just distribute a tar with your application.

I used to have to distribute a cross platform java progam. It was horrendous creating the MSI on windows. The linux and osx versions were trivial

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Re:XARs: An efficient system for self-contained executables by MaxBarraclough on Friday July 13, 2018 @07:42PM (#17527742)
Java? Shouldn't that just be JAR + JVM?
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Re:XARs: An efficient system for self-contained executables by isostatic on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:52AM (#17529176)
Called native executables too, launch icons/shortcuts etc, jvm version detection

Deployed by apt/yum/mdm andslme crappy windows thing. The latter was the problem.

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