What is the best installation tool for java? [closed]

Answer 1

I'd suggest InstallJammer. It's not written in Java, but it's cross-platform and provides capabilities to handle Java-based applications during installation. Being that it's not based on Java, it doesn't actually require any version of the JRE to be installed on the target system, which is kind of nice, but you can still use actions within your installer to locate versions of the JRE for your application. The installers are small and completely self-contained.

It's also free and open source, if that matters to you. It does to some. :)

Answer 2

I know you said installer, but I think it is worth mentioning JSmooth. It's a launcher that generates an exe file for Windows. The reason it is worth mentioning is because it performs the job of location a JVM and can also download and install it for the user. This is often left up to the installer to do. Doing it dynamically like this is nicer though since Java gets updated quite often and JSmooth will always use the latest version JVM it can find (within your parameters).

Answer 3

In MS Windows NSIS is great and it's free & OSS

Ref: Java Launcher with automatic JRE installation