Not much today… I updated the version of the sun jdk installed on my server. I downloaded the last version of the sun jdk that is compatible with the etch make-jpkg build scripts. It happens to be jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin. Making the debian package is as simple. Ensure that fakeroot, make-jpkg, and Java-common packages are installed, then issue the following command;
xxxxx@xxxxx:~$ fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin
Go through the license agreement and wait for the package to finish building. I purged out the old version of the jdk;
xxxxx@xxxxx:~$ sudo dpkg –purge sun-j2sdk1.5
After the package is completed install it.
xxxxx@xxxxx:~$ sudo dpkg –install sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0+update11_i386.deb
fin~