Both TAR and JAR are formats to compress content and as such you can repack .tar files to .jar and vice versa. However, to get a proper Java JAR files that can be used for installation purposes, you would have to use some JAVA packing tool instead, which will also add manifests and other needed data.
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Conversion of tar file format to jar file format beta
Search for tar to jar converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Unix standard Archive format, Tape Archive to Compressed archive file package for Java classes and data.
We have found 2 software records in our database eligible for .tar to .jar file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software - convert tar to jar on Windows
FilZip
A freeware file compression tool
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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Convert from tar file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
to jar file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned tar to jar. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
7-zip
Popular open source file archiver with a high compression ratio
Additional links: Open tar file, Open jar file
TAR
Files with tar extension may be most often found as compressed archives in Unix standard archive format.
JAR
Files with jar extension are compressed archives, typically used for content in Java and distribution/installation purposes.
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