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

       --distribution DISTRIBUTION
              distribution to use in the debian changelog for the resulting package

       --priority PRIORITY
              numeric  priority  for  use  by  update-alternatives.   This  overrides the default
              priority, which is intentionally lower than that  of  the  Debian-provided  OpenJDK
              packages.   Only  use  this  option  if  the generated package should be considered
              higher priority by update-alternatives.

       --changes
              create a .changes file

       --revision
              add debian revision

       --source
              build a source package instead of a binary deb package

       --with-system-certs
              Replace  the  JVMs  keystore  with   a   softlink   to   the   system's   keystore,
              (/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts) which is managed automatically by the ca-certificates
              and ca-certificates-java packages.

       --jce-policy JCE_POLICY_FILE
              Replace cryptography files with versions from the specified JCE_POLICY_FILE.

       --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 400 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)   8   Standard   Edition   JDK,   download   a   release   from
       http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html    and
       invoke make-jpkg, for example:

              make-jpkg <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-8u102-linux-x64.tar.gz

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

              dpkg -i oracle-java8-jdk_8u102_amd64.deb

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

              rm          <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-8u102-linux-x64.tar.gz         oracle-
              java8-jdk_8u102_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>.

                                        September 10, 2016                           MAKE-JPKG(1)