Packageing a Jar does not work

[davoud taghawi]

Hello,

I try to package a jar file in linux, but when I double click the jar file nothing happens.( The programs runs fine from eclipse).

when I try it on the promt the following happaens

java -jar Growth.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jfree/ui/ApplicationFrame
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:637)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:277)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:73)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:212)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:336)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:336)
	... 12 more
Could not find the main class: de.taghawinejad.Growth. Program will exit.

 

How can I solve this?

[Mathew Lee]

seems to be path issue

[Maneesh Godbole]

Are you using any third party jars in your application? If yes, having jars inside jars does not work. Search the forums. This question has been discussed before. You will find a solution.

If not, can you post the contents of your jar's manifest.mf?

[davoud taghawi]

Hello,

that was the problem. The solution is http://fjep.sourceforge.net/ . Fat-Jar a plugin that supports jars in jars

davoud