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-.TH MAKE-JPKG 1 "November 04, 2005"
+.TH MAKE-JPKG 1 "January 22, 2012"
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.PP
-\fBmake-jpkg\fP creates a Debian package from a Java
-distribution. This program works currently with the following Java REs, SDKs and APIs:
- Oracle(TM) 1.6 Standard Edition (starting with update 10)
- Oracle(TM) 1.7 Standard Edition
+\fBmake-jpkg\fP creates a Debian package from the given Java
+distribution FILE.
+This program works currently with the following Java REs, SDKs and APIs archive files:
+ Oracle(TM) 6 Standard Edition (starting with update 10)
+ Oracle(TM) 7 Standard Edition
.PP
The following options are recognized:
.TP
.I /tmp
but you can specify an alternate directory by setting the environment
variable \fITMPDIR\fR.
+.SH 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:
+.IP
+make-jpkg <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz
+.PP
+This generate a Debian package in the current directory, that can be installed using dpkg:
+.IP
+dpkg -i oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+.PP
+When you're done, you can remove initial download as well as generated package:
+.IP
+rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+.PP
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.SM TMPDIR
.SM 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.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR update-java-alternatives(1)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Hubert Schmid <j2se-package@z42.de>.