How to run Netbeans IDE Java Desktop Application from command line

Question

I have created a Java desktop application and I want to run it from the command line. How should I do that ?

Answer 1

In the same way as you would run any other Java application from the command line. Depending on how it's packaged,

java -cp <classpath> fully.qualified.class.name

or

java -cp <classpath> -jar myapp.jar

Answer 2

also.. when you right click on your project and say clean and build you should get something like this

To run this application from the command line without Ant, try: java -jar "/home/nico/Workspace/testApplication1/dist/testApplication1.jar"

in the output window :)