Here's what I got:

joe@[tmp]$ fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-6-linux-i586.bin

/usr/bin/fakeroot: line 150: make-jpkg: command not found

jim@[tmp]$


This used to work with MEPIS 3.4-3 .
Any ideas how to make/create a "deb" package with MEPIS 6.0 ?

Are you in the same directory with the .bin file? Is the .bin file correctly named? Maybe a newer build-essentials? If you're using build-essentials from Debian repos, they might not work because Mephis is now based on Ubuntu, I think.

Yes, I am in the same directory and the download is from
Sun. -> jdk-6-linux-i586.bin

I'm having trouble with "fakeroot make-jpkg".

fakeroot and java-package, as well as the build-essential programs? Did they come from Debian or Ubuntu? Current Mephis is Ubuntu based, right?

Yes, it is SimplyMEPIS 6.0 stock. Updated with and source lists are as follows:

# MEPIS improvements, overrides and updates--the MEPIS magic
deb http://apt.mepis.org/6.0/ mepis main


# Ubuntu foundation packages
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
# Security updates
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted
# Package updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
# Backports of newer packages--unsupported and not thoroughly tested
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted


# Free unsupported packages from Debian and beyond
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
# Non-free unsupported packages from Debian and beyond
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse
# Backports of newer packages--unsupported and not thoroughly tested
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports universe multiverse


# Cpiherfunk--some packages not available elsewhere
# deb ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu/ dapper main
# deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free restricted



>>>>> IN fact how does one make a "deb" file under this environment(MEPIS 6.0)?

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