There was a application from Apple called Jar Bundler
which got distributed by Apple with Xcode in the past.
The purpose of Jar Bundler
was to create Mac OS X application bundles (*.app
directories) for Java applications until version 6 (1.6.x) for Mac OS X user convenience.
As of now, you can still get
aka
for the current Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 via
but you cannot get Jar Bundler
.
I'm using an up to date Mac OS X 10.8.2 and up to date Xcode 4.6 (4H127) with all Command Line Tools installed. After all research I did I would expect it here:
/usr/share/java/Tools/Jar Bundler.app
But there isn't any Jar Bundler
. Even a global search sudo find / -name Jar\ Bundler.app
did not really find Jar Bundler
.
So my question is: What is the last known Xcode version coming with Jar Bundler
Note: I know there are other ways to achieve what Jar Bundler
is doing here, like for example using Mac OS X JarBundler ANT Task or build the whole application package by hand, but thats not the question.
So looks like I have to answer the question my self. So don't punch me for that.
After intensive research and downloading all Java Developer Packages from Apple since 2012 til now (March 2013) it turns out its has nothing to do wit Xcode.
Jar Bundler
came in the past with Apples own Java Developer Packages. After trying them all out, one after another and inspecting them with Pacifist I found the following out:
Java for OS X 2012-005 Developer Package from 2012-09-06 was the last one installing the following Tools:
/usr/share/java/Tools/JavaVisualVM.app/
/usr/share/java/Tools/Jar Bundler.app/
/usr/share/java/Tools/Applet Launcher.app/
starting with
Java for OS X 2012-006 Developer Package from 2012-10-16
/usr/share/java/Tools
directory gets removed by the installation of this package, but there are no new /usr/share/java/Tools/*.app
s re-installed anymore by the same package.
Even re-installation of 2012-005 after /usr/share/java/Tools
directory got removed by 2012-006 doesn't bring you back the Jar Bundler.app
.
So the only way to get Jar Bundler.app
back after you lost it while some Apple Java Developer Package update exercises you need to do the following :
*.pkg
files.JavaDeveloper.pkg\JavaTools.pkg\Jar Bundler.app
Install to Default location
Terminal.app
open /usr/share/java/Tools/Jar\ Bundler.app/
Thats it and don't forget to back it up.
To understand which Apple release number belongs to which JDK/JRE version numbers, see below:
Java for OS X 2012-005 Developer Package from 2012-09-06
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_35"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_35-b10-428-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.10-b01-428, mixed mode)
Java for OS X 2012-006 Developer Package from 2012-10-16
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)
Java for OS X 2013-001 Developer Package from 2013-02-19
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_41"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_41-b02-445-11M4107)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-445, mixed mode)
Java for OS X 2013-002 Developer Package from 2013-03-04
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_43"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)
The official replacement for JarBundler is the javapackager tool.
As an example of its use, a simple, well explained, step by step tutorial for making OSX apps from a java source is here: http://centerkey.com/mac/java/ .
In short, if you want Jar Bundler, install "OS X 2012-005 Developer Package". More recent packages have it removed.
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