How to open .jar files?

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ayushkadakia Author

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How to open .jar files?

I can't open .jar files, everytime I double click the file, all the files get extracted.

I don't want to extract the files, I want to run the .jar.

I installed the latest version of Java, but it's not working.

Posted on Oct 17, 2016 6:02 PM

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Answer 1

Barney-15E

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Oct 17, 2016 9:00 PM in response to ayushkadakia

Where did you get Java?

Java.com will only give you a web applet plug-in. I think you can run the embedded Java Virtual Machine (JVM), but not through double-click.

A Java Development Kit (JDK) may allow double-click, but I don't know.

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Barney-15E

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Oct 18, 2016 3:36 PM in response to ayushkadakia

ayushkadakia wrote:

I got the JDK and the JRE

Then try running it from Terminal. Type java, leave a space, then drag in the .jar file. It should look like

java some.jar

Since Apple dropped most support for Java, if there was a double-click option, it is likely gone in Sierra. I think there was an app called JarLauncher in the OS that would pass the jar file off to the java command line program.

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ayushkadakia Author

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Oct 18, 2016 12:31 PM in response to Barney-15E

I got the JDK and the JRE

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