X-Git-Url: http://git.sven.stormbind.net/?p=sven%2Fjava-package.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2FREADME.Debian;h=c09ca39822f9e8ed048e271cd2074c4aefe762da;hp=74551da49b39524f476ecc64a09fb8116292f201;hb=992c0fd53214a94f508bf2e10be25d67c3325c0e;hpb=ca8b5d176518ea838461b92229d2fbebb3731de8 diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index 74551da..c09ca39 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -1,25 +1,26 @@ 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. -It includes the 'make-jpkg' command to do this, see 'man make-jpkg' for more -information about generating java packages. +Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-7-jdk/openjdk-7-jre. -Supported packages currently include: +It includes the 'make-jpkg' command to do this, see 'man make-jpkg' for more +information about building java packages. - * 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 +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 - Download: - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads - - (Choose tar.gz archives, i586 or amd64, do _not_ choose the RPM!) +Supported java binary distributions currently include: + * Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) : + - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8 + - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8 + - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8 + (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 +will only be added back on users demand. -- Cédric Pineau Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:42:13 +0100