using other distro's repos?

[anthony baldwin]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Ken McLennan wrote:
> 
>> G'day there One & All,
>>
>>>> with apt).  It's written in java, if that makes a difference.
>>>> I suppose have to make the jar into a deb or something?
>>>> (Okay, okay...I'll get googling....suggestion are appreciated all the
>>>> same...)
>>>>     
>>     I'm not a guru of any variety, but it seems to me that if there's a
>> .jar file then a package is kind of superfluous.
> 
> "kind of" is the key.  You don't _need_ it, but having it wrapped in a
> debian package gets you automatic updates.

That's what I'm looking for: making the package part of the distro, so 
it can be maintained with apt.
PCLOS has the package in question in their repos, and I am hoping that 
Ubuntu will do the same.  I made a request, but, if I must do the 
packaging myself, I will.
I haven't had time to get around to fully understanding that yet, but, 
I'm working on it...

/tony


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