File Association for JARS

[Johnny Kewl]

Hello every1,

Let me first say, I dont use Ubuntu, use Debian occasionally, well whats actually happened is I figured out how to get it going, set up SAMBA etc etc... and its been reunning for years... I've completely forgotten how to use it, because it just doesnt break... thats the problem with linux ;)

Anyway... busy developing the product below... and I get questions from UBUNTU people...
I'd like to add the precise instructions to the product, so they can get going.

The problem is that Java JAR files are both Archives and Executables.
Ubuntu seems to be set up so that a JAR looks like a ZIP file.

A java executable runs with the comand line
java -jar %1

ie if the %1 is a Java file the application starts....

One does have to question the wisdom of Sun make file.jar behave as both but thats how it is.

So... what I'm looking for is the basic instructions to set up ubuntu so that if a user clicks on a JAR file
the thing runs...

The area I'm really nor sure about is the relationship between the Desktop and the Browser mime type..
If I remember on Debian it was always a mission getting Mozilla and Gnome to do the same thing...

Hopefully Ubuntu is smarter than that....

So how to make Click on JAR run... on ubuntu in Firefox and default Desktop (looks like its KDE from emails)

Thanks....
If I dont reply immediately, its because our government has managed to plunge the country into darkness ;)
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