Let generated binary file for Linux can be launched by double-click

Introduction

Any generated executable binary file from Jar2Exe is both an executible file and a shared library file. On Linux, when it is double-clicked from file manager window, the file manager detects it a shared library first, so usually the binary fails to be started. On Windows and Mac, there is no such problem.

So, to be launched by double-click on Linux, a program must not be a "shared library", it can be an executable binary file only.

Solution

We rename the generated binary file of Jar2Exe to a ".so" file, and then we use another empty starter program to launched it, then the empty starter file can be double-clicked. The empty starter will search the corresponding executable file with the same filename as itself plus a ".so" and launch it.

Steps

Steps of this advice:

1. Rename your generated executable file of Jar2Exe to append a ".so". For example, if your program is "game1", then rename it to "game1.so".
2. Download the empty start program and extract it.
3. Rename the downloaded empty start program to your program name. For example "game1". Please choose the correct 32 bits or 64 bits.
4. Put the empty start program "game1" and the generated binary "game1.so" in one folder.
5. The the "game1" can be started from command line or from double-click.

Download

• You can download the empty start program here.
• solutions-all.zip - 11.3M, all solution related files in one file.