MAKE-JPKG(1)

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

--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>.