IzPack is a widely used tool for packaging applications on the Java™ platform. Easily make installers that work seamlessly on Microsoft Windows™, Linux™, Solaris™ and Mac OS X™. Keep your users happy right before they get their hands on your software for the first time. Read what our users say » Download IzPack ».

Creates a short cut link in Start Menu (in Windows) or the Applications folder (in MacOSX) to my wrapped application and lets my application to run using the above JRE; Supports easy 'uninstall application' for Windows. For Mac, simply drag the.app to Trash to delete. Optional features: Support for platform independent app icons. Packages are used in Java in order to prevent naming conflicts, to control access, to make searching/locating and usage of classes, interfaces, enumerations and annotations easier, etc. A Package can be defined as a grouping of related types (classes, interfaces, enumerations and annotations) providing access protection and namespace management.

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