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.
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.