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)