where is the 'jar' file

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where is the 'jar' file

consolacion opened this issue 8 years ago · comments

Maybe it is just me, but the instructions say 'just click on the jar file in mqtt-spy'
I don't see any jar file anywhere in the many folders and subfolders of mqtt-spy.
I downloaded it, there is a folder called mqtt-development that has 6 subfolders such as 'mqtt-spy' etc, but nowhere a jar file in sight

Kamil Baczkowicz · Answer 1 · Tue Oct 25 2016 20:27:43 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@consolacion , what are you trying to do?

E · Answer 2 · Tue Oct 25 2016 20:53:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I am trying to install and use mqtt-spy. The wiki tells me that after download I should click the 'jar' file, but there is no jar file. In the mean time i found the "mqtt-spy-0.6.0........with dependencies.jar" file in another repositorie (I presume) but that just wants to install files, whereas I understood that would open the application.

In other words, Just trying to use mqtt-spy but it is a mystery to me how. Followed the wiki with no results. Your help is much appreciated

Kamil Baczkowicz · Answer 3 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:06:21 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@consolacion

Go to "Wiki" -> "Downloads"
Download version 0.5.4 (mqtt-spy-0.5.4-jar-with-dependencies.jar)
Double click the JAR to start (assuming you've got appropriate version of Java installed)

E · Answer 4 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:07:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

i will give that a try. I have 1.8
I see that is from where I did download the jar before. That just opens up and wants to install files
and so does version 0.5.4 :-(

Kamil Baczkowicz · Answer 5 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:22:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What do you mean by "it wants to install files"? It will create a directory in your home folder so that you can save config and stats.

E · Answer 6 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:27:11 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

apologies, I was not clear: it will not run the application but opens the archive managers window from where I can only extract files

Kamil Baczkowicz · Answer 7 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:35:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@consolacion , have you followed https://github.com/kamilfb/mqtt-spy/wiki/GettingStarted?

what's the output of "java -version"?

E · Answer 8 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:39:09 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Yes I have. Have downloaded and installed 1.8, but I already see the problem. Java.com tells me I have 1.8 installed but the terminal : java -v tells me it is 1.7. in spite of me removing prior versions and restarting.
I presume that is where the problem is.
Thank you for your help, I think I need to find the solution on the java side

Kamil Baczkowicz · Answer 9 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:40:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@consolacion , yes, it looks like a java problem. Even though, go through the getting started guide and see how you can start mqtt-spy with a specific version of java, even if multiple are installed

E · Answer 10 · Tue Oct 25 2016 21:45:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I had seen that indeed, will try. Thanks.
(I so dislike Java :-) )

E · Answer 11 · Wed Oct 26 2016 00:16:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sadly no avail. Have java 1.8_111 installed. is reported in my terminal with java -version, is reported by java.com,
restarted computer, but the jar file will not execute but is opened in archive manager.
the only thing that changed is that before I would get a message that it is an excutable... and then it would open in archive manager, and now it directly opens in archive manager.
As mqtt-spy obviously works with many people, I still suspect the problem is 'somewhere' in java, but currently I have no idea where.
nevertheless thanks for your help, not going to further bother you with java issues :-)

E · Answer 12 · Wed Oct 26 2016 00:18:47 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

OK solved, apparently due to the trouble before it probably didnt no better anymore than to 'open in archive'. Right click and 'open in java' did the trick