Hello,
My system is Fedora 16 and I have openjdk 1.7 installed on it. I could launch .jar files in the terminal but I cannot launch .jar files in Nautilus by double clicking on it. The current behaviour open fileroller and I cannot find openjdk in the list of applications...
How can I execute .jar file in nautilus and associate openJdk to .jar files in Nautilus?
Thank you.
I ran into the same problem and end up with a solution by xdg mime. It is not Nautilus specific, and will work in more tools(like other file manager, xdg-open in cli etc).
Create a run-jar.desktop in your ~/.local/share/applications/ directory with the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Exec=java -jar %f
Icon=java
Name=run-jar
Name[zh_CN]=run-jar
Comment=Run the jar file
Comment[zh_CN]=运行 JAR 文件
Now when you open the file's property dialog and go to open with tab, you can see run-jar mentioned in 'show more app'.
To make run-jar the default action, use nautilus 'set default' button or the type the following command in a terminal:
xdg-mime query default application/x-java-archive
(The mime type can be found with the command xdg-mime query filetype my_shiny_app.jar.)
Write a nautilus script
cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
Make a file, call it jar, or any name you wish, (with gedit, vim, or your editor of choice)
#!/bin/sh java -jar $1
Make the file executable
chmod u+x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/jar
Now in nautilus right click your file -> scripts -> jar
Just be sure $HOME is not mounted noexec ;)
You can create your own MIME type I posted a how-to on my page because I needed to be able to execute .jar files and didn't want to have to open a terminal everytime.
This how-to is how I made .jar files run on a double click instead. All because I like to use TED.jar :)
My website http: //viros-mind.blogspot. com/2011/12/make-jar-files-execute-from-file.html
But this makes the .jar file association recognized throughout gnome.
P.S. This makes Java show up in the file association too.
Try changing the default action in nautilus. Right click on the .jar file, choose Properties, choose Open With, click Add, click Use a custom command, and type in xterm -e java -jar
I can confirm this behavior. @draxx, I really think you should file a bug. This is loss of functionality. :/
FranciscoD_ ( 2011-11-29 01:01:58 +0000 )editAsked: 2011-11-28 21:02:20 +0000
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Last updated: Jun 05 '13
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