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javahelper is documented in the javahelper package in /usr/share/doc/javahelper/tutorial.txt, also [[http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/docs/tutorial.html|replicated here]]. If you wish to use javahelper without using DH7 you will definitely need to read those docs, if you want to know all the things that javahelper can do for you, you probably also want to read the tutorial. javahelper is documented in the javahelper package in /usr/share/doc/javahelper/tutorial.txt.gz, also [[http://pkg-java.alioth.debian.org/docs/tutorial.html|replicated here]]. If you wish to use javahelper without using DH7 you will definitely need to read those docs, if you want to know all the things that javahelper can do for you, you probably also want to read the tutorial.

Introduction

In addition to the normal debhelper packaging tools there are some additional tools specifically for dealing with Java packages which are distributed in the javahelper package. These tools are integrated with both CDBS and DH7, but the recommended sequencer, and the one which be referred to throught this documentation, is DH7.

Use of javahelper is not actually required, however implementing the required policy elements without javahelper is quite difficult, so it is assumed that you will be using javahelper. Java policy is documented here, you should be familiar with what it says, even if most of the work is done for you by javahelper.

Javahelper Documentation

javahelper is documented in the javahelper package in /usr/share/doc/javahelper/tutorial.txt.gz, also replicated here. If you wish to use javahelper without using DH7 you will definitely need to read those docs, if you want to know all the things that javahelper can do for you, you probably also want to read the tutorial.

In addition to the tutorial, a talk was given at DebConf10 covering the use of javahelper. This is probably the best way to start understanding and using javahelper. The talk is available as:

The idea behind javahelper is that most Java packages should be trivial. The integration with DH7 means that you shouldn't need anything in debian/rules, just a few files under the debian directory. To demonstrate this there are a selection of sample demo packages available showing a complete debian/ directory for a few simple types of package.

Alternatively you might want to look at one of the ?good examples of up to date packages.

Using javahelper and DH7 ideally your rules file will look like this:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java

%:
        dh $@ --with javahelper

All of the work is done by javahelper working from other files under debian/.

Build systems

There are a few build systems in use by Java programs.

Ant

If your package uses Ant then DH7 should automatically detect the build.xml and call things appropriately.

Maven

We need some information about Maven here.

jh_build

jh_build is a very simple build system provided by javahelper for packages which don't come with an upstream build system or come with a broken one. It's described in the examples and the javahelper documentation referred to above.

Other build systems

If you have a different build system, or need to do something special with one of the build systems above, then you will need to add an override_dh_auto_build target to your debian/rules which will do whatever is necessary.

Things you need to do

There are a few things you do need to do in your package which javahelper can't do for you.

(This information will be added post-Squeeze)

Package names

Cleaning upstream

Classpath

...

References