NAME¶

make-jpkg - builds Debian packages from Java binary distributions

SYNOPSIS¶

make-jpkg [ OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION¶

make-jpkg builds a Debian package from the given Java distribution FILE. Supported java binary distributions currently include:
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
- The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
- The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
(Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!) The following options are recognized:

--full-name NAME

full name used in the maintainer field of the package

--email EMAIL

email address used in the maintainer field of the package

--changes

create a .changes file

--revision

add debian revision

--source

build a source package instead of a binary deb package

--help

display help text and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Download a supported JRE, JDK, API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads and execute make-jpkg file with the downloaded file. The program asks the user for additional information and builds a Debian binary package in the current directory. The program requires about 200 MB free disk space in a temporary directory. The temporary directory defaults to /tmp but you can specify an alternate directory by setting the environment variable TMPDIR.

EXAMPLE¶

To install Oracle(TM) 7 Standard Edition JDK, download a release - 64 bits version of update 2 from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u2-download-1377129.html in this example - and invoke make-jpkg:

make-jpkg <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz

This generate a Debian package in the current directory, that can be installed using dpkg:

dpkg -i oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb

When you're done, you can delete initial download as well as generated package:

rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb

ENVIRONMENT¶

TMPDIR

base directory used for temporary files (defaults to /tmp)

J2SE_PACKAGE_FULL_NAME

full name used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied then the default of "Debian Java Maintainers" is used.

J2SE_PACKAGE_EMAIL

email address used in the maintainer field of the package; if none is supplied the default of "pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org" is used.

SEE ALSO¶

update-java-alternatives(1)

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was written by Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de>. It is now maintained by the Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.