X-Git-Url: http://git.sven.stormbind.net/?p=sven%2Fjava-package.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2FREADME.Debian;h=6ebff7b636c3fd12c60b05b0c8553abb06fdd1b6;hp=17de93e62bdc694d6515da74a8a185cbb87dee1b;hb=0851561de6d4d86558ae03f24955b7f4c4cd0623;hpb=88c9d2e1eb210f8f3d5a65cb14f381cb70ff1001 diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index 17de93e..6ebff7b 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -1,26 +1,25 @@ java-package ------------ -This package can be used to install various non-free external Java packages -under Debian. +This package can be used to build Debian packages for various non-free external Java binary distributions. Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-6-jdk/openjdk-6-jre or openjdk-7-jdk/openjdk-7-jre. It includes the 'make-jpkg' command to do this, see 'man make-jpkg' for more -information about generating java packages. - -Supported packages currently include: - - * Oracle : - - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 (update >= 10), 7 - - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 (update >= 10), 7 - - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 (update >= 10), 7 - - Download: - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads - - (Choose tar.gz archives, i586 or amd64, do _not_ choose the RPM!) +information about building java packages. + +Typical usage consists in +- downloading one of the java binary archive listed below +- invoking make-jpkg to build a Debian package from the downloaded archive +- installing the generated package + +Supported java binary distributions currently include: + * Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) : + - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 and 7 + - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 and 7 + - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 and 7 + (Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!) All other previously supported jvm (Blackdown, IBM, ..) have been removed and will only be added back on users demand.