Packlet is a simple installer tool for Java. A packlet is similar to a zip or tgz file: it packages an application into a single compressed file that can be distributed. Packlet files are Java class files that can be executed on any machine with Java 2 Runtime Environment installed. Executing a packlet brings up an installer gui to configure and unpack the application. Packlet was inspired by LiftOff and VAInstall.

Features

• Generates self-extracting Java class files.
• bzip2 compression.
• Swing-based installer GUI.
• Checksum to detect corrupted files.
• Environment check on the target machine.
• Adjust text file encoding and line separator to target machine.
• Template mechanism to generate launch scripts.
• Set executable flags.

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