compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoJar opener rulepiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down119
arrow-up1505arrow-down1imageJar opener rulepiefed.cdn.blahaj.zonecompostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up308·2 months agomost people think opening a jar requires installing JRE. but this is actually false, as jars are simply zip files in disguise, so you can open them using a file archiver of your choice, such as 7zip or winrar
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 months agoNot necessarily, it could be the old JAR format which was supposed to be a successor to ARJ.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoI learned this while trying to mess with Minecraft’s jar file
minus-squarefestnt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agome too, i wanted to see if i could get the assets by extracting it with 7z, and i did!
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoWhy would you want to open that? I only want it to perform its magic.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoMinecraft modding is unironically likely one of the most common reasons. Back in the day you modded Minecraft by directly editing the insides of the jar!
minus-squarelegopika@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDon’t forget to delete META-INF
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoso many things are just zip files wearing a fake moustache and glasses
most people think opening a jar requires installing JRE. but this is actually false, as jars are simply zip files in disguise, so you can open them using a file archiver of your choice, such as 7zip or winrar
Not necessarily, it could be the old JAR format which was supposed to be a successor to ARJ.
I learned this while trying to mess with Minecraft’s jar file
me too, i wanted to see if i could get the assets by extracting it with 7z, and i did!
Why would you want to open that? I only want it to perform its magic.
Minecraft modding is unironically likely one of the most common reasons.
Back in the day you modded Minecraft by directly editing the insides of the jar!
Don’t forget to delete META-INF
so many things are just zip files wearing a fake moustache and glasses