Package JVM distribution as a zip, update symlink creation, and document changes in CLI and downloads.

bin/local_jrelease

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #
-# Copyright 2025 Sergey S. Chernov real.sergeych@gmail.com
+# Copyright 2026 Sergey S. Chernov real.sergeych@gmail.com
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 
 set -e
 
-root=./lyng/build/install/lyng-jvm/
+archive=./lyng/build/distributions/lyng-jvm.zip
+install_root="$HOME/bin/jlyng-jvm"
+launcher="$install_root/lyng-jvm/bin/lyng"
 
-./gradlew :lyng:installJvmDist
-#strip $file
-#upx   $file
-rm -rf ~/bin/jlyng-jvm || true
-rm ~/bin/jlyng 2>/dev/null || true
-mkdir -p ~/bin/jlyng-jvm
-cp -R $root ~/bin/jlyng-jvm
-ln -s ~/bin/jlyng-jvm/lyng-jvm/bin/lyng ~/bin/jlyng
+./gradlew :lyng:jvmDistZip
+mkdir -p ./distributables
+cp "$archive" ./distributables/lyng-jvm.zip
+rm -rf "$install_root" || true
+rm "$HOME/bin/jlyng" 2>/dev/null || true
+mkdir -p "$install_root"
+unzip -q ./distributables/lyng-jvm.zip -d "$install_root"
+ln -s "$launcher" "$HOME/bin/jlyng"

docs/downloads.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Lync CLI tool
 
 - [lyng-linuxX64.zip](/distributables/lyng-linuxX64.zip) CLI tool for linuxX64: nodependencies, small monolith executable binary.
+- [lyng-jvm.zip](/distributables/lyng-jvm.zip) JVM CLI distribution: download, unpack, and run `lyng-jvm/bin/lyng`.
 
 ## IDE plugins
 

docs/lyng_cli.md

@@ -40,15 +40,16 @@ What this does:
 
 ##### Option B: JVM distribution (`jlyng` launcher)
 
-This creates a JVM distribution with a launcher script and links it to `~/bin/jlyng`.
+This creates a JVM distribution with a launcher script, packages it as a downloadable zip, and links it to `~/bin/jlyng`.
 
 ```
 bin/local_jrelease
 ```
 
 What this does:
-- Runs `./gradlew :lyng:installJvmDist` to build the JVM app distribution to `lyng/build/install/lyng-jvm`.
-- Copies the distribution under `~/bin/jlyng-jvm`.
+- Runs `./gradlew :lyng:jvmDistZip` to build the JVM app distribution archive at `lyng/build/distributions/lyng-jvm.zip`.
+- Copies the archive to `distributables/lyng-jvm.zip`.
+- Unpacks that distribution under `~/bin/jlyng-jvm`.
 - Creates a symlink `~/bin/jlyng` pointing to the launcher script.