Ubuntu Distribution : PPA Repository

[JSchoreels]

Hello there,

I created few week ago the issue #16 to create a .deb package for debian-like system (debian, ubuntu, mint ...).
However, the creation of a ppa repository would allow the people on Ubuntu to have automatic update with apt.
As far as I know, the creation of a launchpad repository is required to have a ppa.

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 / Kernel 4.15/4.17 on AMD64 architecture.

Thank you,

Jonathan

[davecurrie]

Assigned to myself for further review.

[ishworg]

@davecurrie bump

We are happy with either - a PPA or a separate Debian repo.

Instead of providing a single Debian package, a canonical way in Debian-like distro is to either provide a deb that install the sources.list and/or the pgp keys or provide a URL to the deb repo so we can install the GPG key and the repo details ourselves.

Thanks

[davecurrie]

@ishworg Thanks for the comment. We're considering what the best way forward is to ensure easy upgradeability and we value your feedback.

[ishworg]

Thanks for the comment. We're considering what the best way forward is to ensure easy upgradeability and we value your feedback.

It's ok @davecurrie. Would you able to comment on when we can expect the repo to be up? either PPA or AWS hosted..

Thanks.

[yishaigalatzer]

@davecurrie can we post an update?

[davecurrie]

Updated milestone to auto-updates. We expect to start evaluating all the items in this milestone as one of our next enhancements.

[abdolence]

Thanks for the great work, Corretto team.
Though, we really need this to our development machines (updating JDK from PPA).
Any status updates for this?

By the way, if anyone needs a fast workaround for Docker + Ubuntu + Corretto, here it is:

FROM ubuntu:18.04

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get upgrade -y && \
    apt-get install -y \
    curl locales tzdata ca-certificates java-common

# Amazon Corretto
RUN JAVA_SDK_URL="https://d3pxv6yz143wms.cloudfront.net/8.212.04.2/java-1.8.0-amazon-corretto-jdk_8.212.04-2_amd64.deb" && \
    TEMP_DEB="$(mktemp)" && curl -o "$TEMP_DEB" ${JAVA_SDK_URL} && dpkg -i "$TEMP_DEB" && rm -f "$TEMP_DEB"

ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-amazon-corretto

[niklasholm]

In the meantime both Azul and AdoptOpenJDK offer deb repositories for their OpenJDK builds.

[Voronenko]

any update?

[davecurrie]

This is on the roadmap and we hope to be able to share more news soon.

[cliveverghese]

@JSchoreels @Voronenko @abdolence @niklasholm @ishworg

We are happy to inform you that the new channels for installation including Apt Repositories are now available for use. Please refer to the launch blog post for additional information.

[Voronenko]

@cliveverghese Thanks a lot! What about Choco support on windows ? :))))
https://chocolatey.org/

Question is serious.

[davecurrie]

@Voronenko Versioning is consistent with what the Java executable reports. JDK 8 self-reports as 1.8, whereas JDK 11 reports as 11.0.[x]. This is also the naming convention followed by Linux distros, so we've conformed to being idiomatic here.

[Voronenko]

@davecurrie tried - agree. Removed note as non appropriate

( Removed: Naming is inconsistent.
You are referring java 8 as 1.8 and java 11 as 11. )