Create debian package from executable jar source without using any tools and scripts

Question

I have created a package based on http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html sample. In this sample, sources are c++ files. I want to create my new package from executable jar files source. I found maven, ANT and dhBuild tools but I don't want to use this tools. So I need a way to create my package with command line. please give me some hints or samples to know most about that.

Answer 1

The goal is to create a package that simply puts a shell script where I want it.

1. Create a directory to build your packages in. Some use "deb" and others use "packages". Others create a directory structure for making multiple packages under "deb" (or whatever).

mkdir deb

2. Create the directory structure in deb that represents where you want the script to be placed1

mkdir -p ./deb/usr/local/bin

3.Copy the script into your new directory

cp /path/to/my/script/myscript.sh ./deb/usr/local/bin/

4.Make a subdirectory called "DEBIAN", this will host the package control file.

mkdir -p ./deb/DEBIAN
Create a control file.
touch ./deb/DEBIAN/control

5.Open the control file and enter the text below.

Package: myPackagename (no spaces or underscores allowed) 
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Maintainer: Maintainer Name <[email protected]> 
Architecture: all 
Version: 1.0       
Depends: package1, package2, .........
Description: short description here 
 long description here (don't remove space at the beginning of 
 line(replace this with an empty line)

Change ownership:

sudo chown -R root:root ./deb

6.Create the debian package.

dpkg -b ./deb /my/output/destination/packagename.deb