execute following commands in order to create keystore files
(password always was ddg1234)
keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-privateKey.store -alias ddg -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
keytool -export -alias ddg -file my-certfile.cer -keystore my-privateKey.store (not so important)
keytool -import -alias publicDdg -file my-certfile.cer -keystore my-publicKey.store (not so important)
and gradle tasks choose: installWebstartDist , and .jnlp file with lib/*.jars will be generated.
and run :
javaws /home/edutilos/Desktop/tutorials/ControlFXTest/build/jnlp/launch.jnlp
//or create my-javaws.desktop in linux (in one of the following location)
1) /usr/share/applications (for the current user)
2) ~/.local/share/applications/ (for all users)
with following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Java 8 Web Start
Comment=Java 8 Web Start
Exec=/home/edutilos/Applications/jdk1.8.0_131/bin/javaws %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=javaws
Categories=Application;Network;
MimeType=application/x-java-jnlp-file;
and create index.html with following content:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>run launch.jnlp</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="launch.jnlp">launch jnlp</a>
</body>
</html>
and open this index.html in firefox (in chrome that does not work) . Firefox will give option to
run with (and choose "Java 8 Web Start")