Install Launch4j in Ubuntu 14.04

Question

It may sound silly, I downloaded Launch4j but I don't know how to install it. Any help please?

Answer 1

1. Download the latest version from here, currently version 3.8

2. Open a terminal via Ctrl-Alt-T and go into your Download folder, eg

   cd ~/Downloads
   

3. Extract the archive

   sudo tar xf launch4j-3.8-linux.tgz -C /opt
   

4. Create desktop file

   nano /usr/share/applications/launch4j.desktop
   

   and add the lines below

   [Desktop Entry]
   Encoding=UTF-8
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Name=Launch4j 
   Comment=Launch4j Executable Wrapper
   Icon=launch4j
   Exec=/opt/launch4j/launch4j
   StartupNotify=true
   StartupWMClass=Launch4j 
   

5. Start via your Launcher

   

Answer 2

As you said you have downloaded Launch4j...just once again make sure you downloaded linux file

Just sharing you the link if not downloaded the same...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/launch4j/files/launch4j-3/3.8/launch4j-3.8-linux.tgz/download

Step 1 : Go to the Download Folder and extract the launch4j-3.8-linux.tgz

Step 2 : Now open terminal

Step 3 : Go to the directory where you Extracted the file(Using "cd" command)

Step 4 : Once you are in the Directory of extracted file you just need to run the jar file there

run the command : java -jar launch4j.jar