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I am trying to create an installable .deb file from the java packages. I have downloaded the latest 1.5 from sun and 1.4.2 from blackdown, however I get the same ...
  1. 05-02-2006 #1
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    Unable to create debian package of java JRE with java-package

    I am trying to create an installable .deb file from the java packages. I have downloaded the latest 1.5 from sun and 1.4.2 from blackdown, however I get the same error message when I to to create them. I have installed fakeroot and java-package, the rror message is as follows:

    house@debian:~/Desktop/java$ fakeroot
    root@debian:~/Desktop/java# make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin
    Creating temporary directory: /tmp/make-jpkg.XXXXM55WNs
    Loading plugins: blackdown-j2re.sh blackdown-j2sdk.sh common.sh ibm-j2re.sh ibm-j2sdk.sh j2re.sh j2sdk-doc.sh j2sdk.sh j2se.sh sun-j2re.sh sun-j2sdk-doc.sh sun-j2sdk.sh
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied
    dpkg-architecture: failure: dpkg --print-architecture failed: Permission denied

    No matching plugin was found.
    Removing temporary directory: done
    root@debian:~/Desktop/java#

    Am i doing soemthing wrong here or is the java-package brken at the moment or something?

    Thanks in advance

    Michael
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  2. 05-02-2006 #2
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    You are not exactly doing it the right way.

    Try those instructions:
    http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debia...suns-java.html
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    does nothing still get the above error. I recently ran bastille on my system to alter soemthing to make it more secure could this be why?
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    yeh it was a problem caused by running bastille i reverted back to pre bastille and it worked ok
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    Just curious but you do know Sun's Java is now in the Official Debian Unstable repository.
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  6. 05-20-2006 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by craigevil
    Just curious but you do know Sun's Java is now in the Official Debian Unstable repository.
    It is still in the non-free section.....
    sun-java5-jre
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