How to install .jar file(s) onto Fedora?

Steven_0111
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I want to install a program called: pdf split and merge onto my computer. I am running Fedora 19 64-bit under GNOME. I have the file and I used

$ java -jar "PATH TO FILE"/pdfsam-2.2.2-out/pdfsam-2.2.2.jar

It opens and runs the program fine. But it doesn't install it permanently, how can I install it so I just go to my applications and click the icon.

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Hi, I packed pdf split and merge, maybe can help you...

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yum install http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/fedora/releases/19/x86_64/pdfsam-2.2.2e-1.fc19.noarch.rpm

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To have an application launcher, you have to create a file myapp.desktop with this content.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=My Java Application
Comment=My nice explanation
Exec=java -jar /$path/to/file/pdfsam-2.2.2-out/pdfsam-2.2.2.jar

to make sure your file myapp.desktop is correct, open a terminal and run

desktop-validate-file myapp.desktop

Put the desktop file under ~/.local/share/applications/

The Full spec file with the complete list of fiel supported is located at http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/

Regards

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