creating jar file for java appication using derby database

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I have recently developed a school management system in java netbeans using derby(java built in database).Now i want to make a jar file and proivide it to my client .So can this jar run on client pc without netbeans or java installed? and what about database?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 08:43

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You can create a jar of your source code using netbeans using How to create a Jar file in Netbeans You cannot package the derby or what ever database into a jar. Instead you can have script to start the db.

answered Jan 10 '18 at 08:43

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '18 at 09:13

Java must be installed with at least the version of java you used. Embedded databases need no extra installation other than in your code.

Starting from a jar is a bit different than in the IDE from a class path. A jar contains only read-only resources, and the file names in the jar (zip archive) are case-sensitive.

It could be that the software first has to use a resource file as initial template to be copied to the file system. Like a prefilled database to be written to.

Java 9 can use jlink to create your own smaller JRE, java run time. (I do not think you are using java 9 though.)
Java 8 has a javapackager.

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