Create an executable for your jvm application without requiring a JRE to be previously installed.
Uses launch4j to create an executable wrapper for your jvm based project.
Create a new file in your project at ./project/launcher.sbt and add the following lines.
resolvers ++= Seq(
Resolver.url("org.trupkin sbt plugins", url("http://dl.bintray.com/mtrupkin/sbt-plugins/"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns),
"SpringSource" at "http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external"
)
addSbtPlugin("org.trupkin" % "sbt-launch4j" % "0.0.8")
The build-sfx task is now available. It creates a self extracting zip file in the ./target/sbt-launch4j directory. The zip file contains the generated executable wrapper, the application jar and it's dependencies.
> build-sfx
The build-launcher task creates the generated executable wrapper, the application jar and it's dependencies in the ./target/sbt-launch4j/app directory.
> build-launcher