make-jpkg - builds Debian packages from Java binary distributions

       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)

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-nameNAME
              full name used in the maintainer field of the package

       --emailEMAIL
              email address used in the maintainer field of the package

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

       --priorityPRIORITY
              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-policyJCE_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-jpkgfile 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.

       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.

       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

       make-jpkg - builds Debian packages from Java binary distributions

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