Java package reduction

The example demonstrates reduction the size of the distribution for applications in Java 9.

Requirements

• JDK 9+
• Apache Maven 3.3.9+
• Inno Setup 5.5.9+

Compilation and package creation

For Windows and macOS:

mvn clean package -P native-deploy

For Linux:

mvn clean package -P native-deploy,tar-gz

Location of package files

<module name>/target/deploy/native/<file name>.exe (Windows)

<module name>/target/deploy/native/<file name>.dmg (macOS)

<module name>/target/<file name>.tar.gz (Linux)

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Reducing distribution size in Java 9 (Russian)