I am using Fedora 19, 64 bit with GNOME. I want to launch Minecraft and I have a 'minecraft.jar' file. I right-click, go to 'Properties', to 'Open With' but it doesn't show OpenJDK or Java. I've installed Java and OpenJDK (sudo yum install java*). I've set the program to execute as a program but I don't want to have to use the terminal everytime I have to run the .jar file.
Thank you!
You can perhaps create a launcher and include the following as command for that launcher.
java -jar /path/to/minecraft.jar
Hope that helps.
Edit
If you want to change it, try the following -
Open your favorite text editor and add the following
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application NoDisplay=true Exec=java -jar %f Name=Java Jar Comment=Opening Jar files
Save this file as, say, javajar.desktop and place it in one of the following locations
Now, open a terminal and type the following
echo "application/x-java-archive=javajar.desktop" >> ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
This should let you open the java archive (jar) application correctly ...
Try this and post if you have problems
WAIT , when I am doing this , I cant place anything to that folder (applications)
Install CairoDock; it includes +launcher function. Before Gnome 3 a launcher was invoked by a right click on the desktop. Now we have a clean desktop. Cairo will provide a command line input box for /path/to/minecraft.jar as well as an icon select function. Once set up, just click on the icon in CairoDock and if the program runs in a terminal it will run from CairoDock. Lock the dock when you are happy with it or funny things may happen.
You may be able to use Gnome Advanced Settings to restore the built in launcher for the desktop but I get along well with Cairo.
I know that but I'd prefer not to do that instead I want to associate .jar files with OpenJDK. And I have already tried the "Open With" method.
Asked: 2013-11-21 07:20:44 -0500
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it was stuck for me at first but after little search : it's so easy ... just make sure you made the right path for your jdk from this link : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JDKonFedora then try to run app by openwith and type java -jar ... select bellow Remember application associate ...