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>.

                                         January 22, 2012                            MAKE-JPKG(1)