MAKE-JPKG

NAME

make-jpkg − build Debian packages from Java(TM) 2 binary distributions

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

make-jpkg creates a Debian package from a Java(TM) 2 distribution. This program works currently with the following Java(TM) 2 REs and SDKs:
Sun Microsystems(TM) 1.4 and 1.5 Standard Edition
IBM(TM) 1.3, 1.4, and 5.0 Standard Edition
Blackdown Java-Linux 1.3 and 1.4 Standard Edition

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 Java(TM) 2 RE or SDK self-extracting archive from http://java.sun.com/j2se/ or http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java-linux-d1.html or http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux140/ and execute make-jpkg file with the downloaded file. The program asks the user for additional information and creates 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.

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 AT lists DOT alioth DOT debian DOT org" is used.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Hubert Schmid <j2se-package AT z42 DOT de>.

It is now maintained by the Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers AT lists DOT alioth DOT debian DOT org>.