I'm trying to make a portable exe from my jar app using JPackage. I used jdk16 and maven to make the app, the app compiles and runs perfectly. When I tryed to use JPackage something wierd happend, when using -t exe
I would sometimes get an exe installer that when executed only played the windows error sound and sometimes closed others had to use task manager, other times generates nothing. Then I tryed using -t app-image
(to my understanding the one needed to create portable exe files), now JPackage never stopped runing, just created folders and folders. At this point I created a new project, I'll use this project to explain in more detail my problems since it creates the same ones.
package test;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new JLabel("Hello world!"));
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}
This is all the code that this test project contains. I exported it and moved the final jar into its own folder and runned the following command on the folder with the jar and a "temp" folder
jpackage -t app-image -n "Test" --temp "temp" --verbose -i "" --main-class "test.Main" --main-jar "Test.jar" --win-console
Although the --verbose
is specifyed nothing shows in console until some minutes later I get this
[00:29:39.141] Creating app package: Test in C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 3
[00:29:44.060] Command [PID: -1]:
jlink --output C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 3\Test\runtime --module-path C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-17\\jmods --add-modules jdk.management.jfr,java.rmi,jdk.jdi,jdk.charsets,jdk.xml.dom,java.xml,java.datatransfer,jdk.jstatd,jdk.httpserver,java.desktop,java.security.sasl,jdk.zipfs,java.base,jdk.crypto.ec,jdk.javadoc,jdk.management.agent,jdk.jshell,jdk.editpad,java.sql.rowset,jdk.sctp,jdk.jsobject,java.smartcardio,jdk.jlink,jdk.unsupported,java.security.jgss,java.compiler,jdk.nio.mapmode,jdk.dynalink,jdk.unsupported.desktop,jdk.accessibility,jdk.security.jgss,java.sql,jdk.incubator.vector,java.transaction.xa,java.xml.crypto,java.logging,jdk.jfr,jdk.crypto.cryptoki,jdk.net,jdk.random,java.naming,jdk.internal.ed,java.prefs,java.net.http,jdk.compiler,jdk.naming.rmi,jdk.internal.opt,jdk.jconsole,jdk.attach,jdk.crypto.mscapi,jdk.internal.le,java.management,jdk.jdwp.agent,jdk.internal.jvmstat,jdk.incubator.foreign,java.instrument,jdk.management,jdk.security.auth,java.scripting,jdk.jdeps,jdk.jartool,java.management.rmi,jdk.jpackage,jdk.naming.dns,jdk.localedata --strip-native-commands --strip-debug --no-man-pages --no-header-files
[00:29:44.060] Output:
WARNING: Using incubator modules: jdk.incubator.vector, jdk.incubator.foreign
[00:29:44.061] Returned: 0
[00:29:44.064] Using default package resource JavaApp.ico [icon] (add Test.ico to the resource-dir to customize).
[00:29:44.071] Warning: Windows Defender may prevent jpackage from functioning. If there is an issue, it can be addressed by either disabling realtime monitoring, or adding an exclusion for the directory "C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 3\temp".
[00:29:44.781] Using default package resource WinLauncher.template [Template for creating executable properties file] (add Test.properties to the resource-dir to customize).
[00:33:43.032] java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:81)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:521)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:700)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:807)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:793)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:119)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:112)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2817)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2882)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:112)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:107)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AbstractAppImageBuilder.copyApplication(AbstractAppImageBuilder.java:74)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WindowsAppImageBuilder.prepareApplicationFiles(WindowsAppImageBuilder.java:103)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.createAppBundle(AppImageBundler.java:172)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.generateBundle(Arguments.java:676)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.processArguments(Arguments.java:550)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.execute(Main.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.main(Main.java:52)
[00:33:43.034] Kept working directory for debug: C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 3\temp
[00:33:43.034] jdk.jpackage.internal.PackagerException: java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:96)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.generateBundle(Arguments.java:676)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.processArguments(Arguments.java:550)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.execute(Main.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.main(Main.java:52)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:81)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:521)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:700)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:807)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:793)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:119)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:112)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2817)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2882)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:112)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:107)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AbstractAppImageBuilder.copyApplication(AbstractAppImageBuilder.java:74)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WindowsAppImageBuilder.prepareApplicationFiles(WindowsAppImageBuilder.java:103)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.createAppBundle(AppImageBundler.java:172)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:91)
... 4 more
I know in the message says that it's using jdk17 but I also tryed with 16 with the same problem. I suppose that the only reason why JPackage crashed is because the path of the folders got too long since now the folder where I started looks like this
├───temp
└───Test
├───app
│ ├───temp
│ └───Test
│ └───app
│ ├───temp
│ └───Test
│ └───app
│ ├───temp
│ └───Test
│ └───app
│ ├───temp
│ └───Test
│ └───app
│ ├───temp
│ └───Test
│
└───runtime
├───bin
│ └───server
├───conf
│ ├───management
│ └───security
│ └───policy
│ ├───limited
│ └───unlimited
├───legal
│ ├───java.base
│ ├───java.compiler
│ ├───java.datatransfer
│ ├───java.desktop
│ ├───java.instrument
│ ├───java.logging
│ ├───java.management
│ ├───java.management.rmi
│ ├───java.naming
│ ├───java.net.http
│ ├───java.prefs
│ ├───java.rmi
│ ├───java.scripting
│ ├───java.security.jgss
│ ├───java.security.sasl
│ ├───java.smartcardio
│ ├───java.sql
│ ├───java.sql.rowset
│ ├───java.transaction.xa
│ ├───java.xml
│ ├───java.xml.crypto
│ ├───jdk.accessibility
│ ├───jdk.attach
│ ├───jdk.charsets
│ ├───jdk.compiler
│ ├───jdk.crypto.cryptoki
│ ├───jdk.crypto.ec
│ ├───jdk.crypto.mscapi
│ ├───jdk.dynalink
│ ├───jdk.editpad
│ ├───jdk.httpserver
│ ├───jdk.incubator.foreign
│ ├───jdk.incubator.vector
│ ├───jdk.internal.ed
│ ├───jdk.internal.jvmstat
│ ├───jdk.internal.le
│ ├───jdk.internal.opt
│ ├───jdk.jartool
│ ├───jdk.javadoc
│ ├───jdk.jconsole
│ ├───jdk.jdeps
│ ├───jdk.jdi
│ ├───jdk.jdwp.agent
│ ├───jdk.jfr
│ ├───jdk.jlink
│ ├───jdk.jpackage
│ ├───jdk.jshell
│ ├───jdk.jsobject
│ ├───jdk.jstatd
│ ├───jdk.localedata
│ ├───jdk.management
│ ├───jdk.management.agent
│ ├───jdk.management.jfr
│ ├───jdk.naming.dns
│ ├───jdk.naming.rmi
│ ├───jdk.net
│ ├───jdk.nio.mapmode
│ ├───jdk.random
│ ├───jdk.sctp
│ ├───jdk.security.auth
│ ├───jdk.security.jgss
│ ├───jdk.unsupported
│ ├───jdk.unsupported.desktop
│ ├───jdk.xml.dom
│ └───jdk.zipfs
└───lib
├───jfr
└───security
The "test App" bucle doesn't seem to end, I shortened it since I reached the character limit for a post. Also if I now try to delete the top "Test" folder I get Error 0x80070091: The folder is not empty.
and I can't delete it since pressing the try again button makes the windows explorer restart without deleting the folder, so now I have a bounch of folders that I can't delete from all my tests (help on how to delete them is also apreciated).
Then I moved the jar file to its own folder again and created the temp folder, ran the command
jpackage -t exe -n "Test" --temp "temp" --verbose -i "" --main-class "test.Main" --main-jar "Test.jar" --win-console
(Change -t app-image
to -t exe
) Again, until some minutes go by nothing on console and then
[00:43:45.791] Running candle.exe
[00:43:45.833] Running C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\bin\candle.exe
[00:43:46.193] Running light.exe
[00:43:46.223] Running C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\bin\light.exe
[00:43:46.407] Detected [light.exe] version [3.11.2.4516].
[00:43:46.407] Detected [candle.exe] version [3.11.2.4516].
[00:43:46.408] WiX 3.11.2.4516 detected. Enabling advanced cleanup action.
[00:43:51.431] Command [PID: -1]:
jlink --output temp\images\win-msi.image\Test\runtime --module-path C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-17\\jmods --add-modules java.rmi,jdk.management.jfr,jdk.jdi,jdk.charsets,jdk.xml.dom,java.xml,java.datatransfer,jdk.jstatd,jdk.httpserver,java.desktop,java.security.sasl,jdk.zipfs,java.base,jdk.crypto.ec,jdk.javadoc,jdk.management.agent,jdk.jshell,jdk.editpad,jdk.sctp,java.sql.rowset,jdk.jsobject,jdk.unsupported,jdk.jlink,java.smartcardio,java.security.jgss,java.compiler,jdk.nio.mapmode,jdk.dynalink,jdk.unsupported.desktop,jdk.accessibility,jdk.security.jgss,jdk.incubator.vector,java.sql,java.xml.crypto,java.transaction.xa,java.logging,jdk.jfr,jdk.crypto.cryptoki,jdk.net,jdk.random,java.naming,jdk.internal.ed,java.prefs,java.net.http,jdk.compiler,jdk.internal.opt,jdk.naming.rmi,jdk.jconsole,jdk.attach,jdk.crypto.mscapi,jdk.internal.le,java.management,jdk.jdwp.agent,jdk.internal.jvmstat,jdk.incubator.foreign,java.instrument,jdk.management,jdk.security.auth,java.scripting,jdk.jdeps,jdk.jartool,java.management.rmi,jdk.jpackage,jdk.naming.dns,jdk.localedata --strip-native-commands --strip-debug --no-man-pages --no-header-files
[00:43:51.431] Output:
WARNING: Using incubator modules: jdk.incubator.foreign, jdk.incubator.vector
[00:43:51.432] Returned: 0
[00:43:51.435] Using default package resource JavaApp.ico [icon] (add Test.ico to the resource-dir to customize).
[00:43:51.442] Warning: Windows Defender may prevent jpackage from functioning. If there is an issue, it can be addressed by either disabling realtime monitoring, or adding an exclusion for the directory "C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 4\temp".
[00:43:51.532] Using default package resource WinLauncher.template [Template for creating executable properties file] (add Test.properties to the resource-dir to customize).
[00:44:56.974] java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:81)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:521)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:700)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:807)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:793)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:119)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:112)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2817)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2882)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:112)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:107)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AbstractAppImageBuilder.copyApplication(AbstractAppImageBuilder.java:74)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WindowsAppImageBuilder.prepareApplicationFiles(WindowsAppImageBuilder.java:103)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.createAppBundle(AppImageBundler.java:172)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinMsiBundler.prepareProto(WinMsiBundler.java:351)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinMsiBundler.execute(WinMsiBundler.java:399)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinExeBundler.bundle(WinExeBundler.java:104)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinExeBundler.execute(WinExeBundler.java:77)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.generateBundle(Arguments.java:676)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.processArguments(Arguments.java:550)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.execute(Main.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.main(Main.java:52)
[00:44:56.975] Kept working directory for debug: C:\Users\mynem\Desktop\Nueva carpeta\test jpackage 4\temp
[00:44:56.975] jdk.jpackage.internal.PackagerException: java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:96)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinMsiBundler.prepareProto(WinMsiBundler.java:351)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinMsiBundler.execute(WinMsiBundler.java:399)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinExeBundler.bundle(WinExeBundler.java:104)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WinExeBundler.execute(WinExeBundler.java:77)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.generateBundle(Arguments.java:676)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.Arguments.processArguments(Arguments.java:550)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.execute(Main.java:91)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.main.Main.main(Main.java:52)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot access file with path exceeding 32000 characters
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:81)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:108)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:521)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:700)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:807)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:793)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:119)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils$2.preVisitDirectory(IOUtils.java:112)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2817)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2882)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:112)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.IOUtils.copyRecursive(IOUtils.java:107)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AbstractAppImageBuilder.copyApplication(AbstractAppImageBuilder.java:74)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.WindowsAppImageBuilder.prepareApplicationFiles(WindowsAppImageBuilder.java:103)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.createAppBundle(AppImageBundler.java:172)
at jdk.jpackage/jdk.jpackage.internal.AppImageBundler.execute(AppImageBundler.java:91)
... 8 more
And the folder now looks like this
└───temp
└───images
├───win-exe.image
└───win-msi.image
└───Test
├───app
│ └───temp
│ └───images
│ ├───win-exe.image
│ └───win-msi.image
│ └───Test
│ └───app
│ └───temp
│ └───images
│ ├───win-exe.image
│ └───win-msi.image
└───runtime
├───bin
│ └───server
├───conf
│ ├───management
│ └───security
│ └───policy
│ ├───limited
│ └───unlimited
├───legal
│ ├───java.base
│ ├───java.compiler
│ ├───java.datatransfer
│ ├───java.desktop
│ ├───java.instrument
│ ├───java.logging
│ ├───java.management
│ ├───java.management.rmi
│ ├───java.naming
│ ├───java.net.http
│ ├───java.prefs
│ ├───java.rmi
│ ├───java.scripting
│ ├───java.security.jgss
│ ├───java.security.sasl
│ ├───java.smartcardio
│ ├───java.sql
│ ├───java.sql.rowset
│ ├───java.transaction.xa
│ ├───java.xml
│ ├───java.xml.crypto
│ ├───jdk.accessibility
│ ├───jdk.attach
│ ├───jdk.charsets
│ ├───jdk.compiler
│ ├───jdk.crypto.cryptoki
│ ├───jdk.crypto.ec
│ ├───jdk.crypto.mscapi
│ ├───jdk.dynalink
│ ├───jdk.editpad
│ ├───jdk.httpserver
│ ├───jdk.incubator.foreign
│ ├───jdk.incubator.vector
│ ├───jdk.internal.ed
│ ├───jdk.internal.jvmstat
│ ├───jdk.internal.le
│ ├───jdk.internal.opt
│ ├───jdk.jartool
│ ├───jdk.javadoc
│ ├───jdk.jconsole
│ ├───jdk.jdeps
│ ├───jdk.jdi
│ ├───jdk.jdwp.agent
│ ├───jdk.jfr
│ ├───jdk.jlink
│ ├───jdk.jpackage
│ ├───jdk.jshell
│ ├───jdk.jsobject
│ ├───jdk.jstatd
│ ├───jdk.localedata
│ ├───jdk.management
│ ├───jdk.management.agent
│ ├───jdk.management.jfr
│ ├───jdk.naming.dns
│ ├───jdk.naming.rmi
│ ├───jdk.net
│ ├───jdk.nio.mapmode
│ ├───jdk.random
│ ├───jdk.sctp
│ ├───jdk.security.auth
│ ├───jdk.security.jgss
│ ├───jdk.unsupported
│ ├───jdk.unsupported.desktop
│ ├───jdk.xml.dom
│ └───jdk.zipfs
└───lib
├───jfr
└───security
Get no exe generated and can't delete the folder. I've been searching if someone had this problem but had no success so I posted it here. Thanks in advance for the help! If you need any more information about this just ask.
CodePudding user response:
It looks like you are using bad parameters which cause recursive copying. You have set --i
and --temp
such that input folder is current directory and therefore contains the temp folder - so jpackage is copying the current directory into temp
every time.
Just create a directory for the important structure of your app and reference that independent folder say as --i myappstructure
, then temp
won't be a recursive copy into itself with --temp temp
.
You don't need to use --temp
parameter unless you wish to modify the release structure in-between jpackage app-image
and exe
invocations.