Why can't make debian package(Java)?

Mathsniper · 06-24-2005, 06:16 AM

I have downloaded j2sdk. and i wanna make *.bin to *.deb whereas get problem.

Code:

mathsniper:~/downloads/java# fakeroot make-jpkg j2sdk-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.bin
You are real root -- unfortunately, some Java distributions have
install scripts that directly manipulate /etc, and may cause some
inconsistencies on your system. Instead, you should become a
non-root user and run:

fakeroot make-jpkg j2sdk-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.bin

which will allow no damage to be done to your system files and
still permit the Java distribution to successfully extract.

Aborting.

I wanna do this action with root identity. How to?

Sabazios3 · 06-24-2005, 06:43 AM

Why do it as root? Just as a normal user and then using fakeroot will work well. Otherwise (if you have a reason why you want to do it as root) you don't have to use "fakeroot" in your command but just "make...".
But maybe I'm missing something because this looks very obvious to me if I read the output of the error.

Greets,
Sabazios