Why is Jar Bundler gone in Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Question

There was a application from Apple called `Jar Bundler` which got distributed by Apple with Xcode in the past. The purpose of `Jar Bundler` was to create Mac OS X application bundles (`*.app` directories) for Java applications until version 6 (1.6.x) for Mac OS X user convenience.​​​​​​​​ As of now, you can still get - JDK 1.6.0_43 from Apple aka - Java for OS X 2013-002 Developer Package Mar 4, 2013 for the current Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 via - https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action# but you cannot get `Jar Bundler`. I'm using an up to date Mac OS X 10.8.2 and up to date Xcode 4.6 (4H127) with all Command Line Tools installed. After all research I did I would expect it here: ``` /usr/share/java/Tools/Jar Bundler.app ``` But there isn't any `Jar Bundler`. Even a global search `sudo find / -name Jar\ Bundler.app` did not really find `Jar Bundler`. So my question is: What is the last known Xcode version coming with `Jar Bundler` Note: I know there are other ways to ach…

Accepted Answer

So looks like I have to answer the question my self. So don't punch me for that.

After intensive research and downloading all Java Developer Packages from Apple since 2012 til now (March 2013) it turns out its has nothing to do wit Xcode.

`Jar Bundler` came in the past with Apples own Java Developer Packages. After trying them all out, one after another and inspecting them with Pacifist I found the following out:

Java for OS X 2012-005 Developer Package from 2012-09-06 was the last one installing the following Tools:

```
/usr/share/java/Tools/JavaVisualVM.app/
/usr/share/java/Tools/Jar Bundler.app/
/usr/share/java/Tools/Applet Launcher.app/
```

starting with

Java for OS X 2012-006 Developer Package from 2012-10-16

```
/usr/share/java/Tools
```

directory gets removed by the installation of this package, but there are no new `/usr/share/java/Tools/*.app`s re-installed anymore by the same package.

Even re-installation of 2012-005 after `/usr/share/java/Tools` directory got removed by 2012-006 doesn't bring you back the `Jar Bundler.app`.

So the only way to get `Jar Bundler.app` back after you lost it while some Apple Java Developer Package update exercises you need to do the following :

- Get Pacifist or some other tool of your choice who can deal wit `*.pkg` files.

- Open Java for OS X 2012-005 Developer Package with it.

- Ctrl-Click `JavaDeveloper.pkg\JavaTools.pkg\Jar Bundler.app`

- Choose `Install to Default location`

- open `Terminal.app`

- `open /usr/share/java/Tools/Jar\ Bundler.app/`

Thats it and don't forget to back it up.

To understand which Apple release number belongs to which JDK/JRE version numbers, see below:

Java for OS X 2012-005 Developer Package from 2012-09-06

```
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_35"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_35-b10-428-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.10-b01-428, mixed mode)
```

Java for OS X 2012-006 Developer Package from 2012-10-16

```
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)
```

Java for OS X 2013-001 Developer Package from 2013-02-19

```
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_41"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_41-b02-445-11M4107)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-445, mixed mode)
```

Java for OS X 2013-002 Developer Package from 2013-03-04

```
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_43"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)
```

Why is Jar Bundler gone in Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2

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