sqlcl-package for Debian and derivatives

sqlcl-package is a small script that will build a Debian package from Oracle‘s SQL Developer Command-Line (SQLcl).

This utility makes it possible to build a Debian package of Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line. The Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line program is governed by the copyright holder (Oracle USA, Inc.), so you may be limited as to what you can do with the resulting package (i.e. no redistribution, etc). This utility will simply help you create the Debian package, it is your responsibility to use the resulting package acordingly with the OTN license, a copy of which is included in the created package, that you must agree on when downloading the source.

This utility will require you to download the architecture independent archive from <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sqlcl/overview/>, identified as “Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line for All Platforms”, to create the Debian package from.

The Debian Package sqlcl-package

In order to run Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line you’ll need a working JRE. The minimum JRE you should use is 1.8 (JRE8.0).

There are several ways to obtain a compatible JRE:

install default-jre (java), making sure it depends, at least, on the minimum required JRE version
install one of the required openjdk-8-jre or openjdk-9-jre (java)
install the meta-package java-runtime, making sure that it installs, at least, the minimum required JRE version as dependency
install one of the meta-packages java8-runtime or java9-runtime, making sure that it installs, at least, the minimum required JRE version as dependency
download and run the installer for the version you wish to install from Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/>
install java-package (contrib/misc) and generate a Debian package from the above installer

After installing a compatible JRE simply launch SQL Developer Command-Line by invoking either sqlcl (the recommended way), sqlcl.standalone, sql.[upstream version] or sql.[upstream version].standalone. The JRE will be automatically detected and used as long as properly installed.

Version History

Version 0.1.1:

changelog:
- Fixed lintian warnings
- Updated debhelper compat version to 11
- Verified compliancy with Standards-Version: 4.1.3
downloads:
- sqlcl-package_0.1.1_all.deb (binary package)
- sqlcl-package_0.1.1.dsc (source description file)
- sqlcl-package_0.1.1.tar.xz (source code archive)
- v0.1.0_v0.1.1.debdiff (Debian diff from previous version)

Version 0.1.0:

changelog:
- Initial Release (Closes: #882113, #882115)
- This is a specialized application debianization tool which turns Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line (SQLcl) into a Debian package, the same way as similar packages like sqldeveloper-package, googleearth-package, sapgui-package, java-package and webserver-package, all native packages, do for other applications.
- Due to a conflicting name with content of package parallel the upstream binary sql will be renamed. Multiple versions can coexist so sql.[upstream version] will invoke a specific version of Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line, sql.[upstram version] will invoke either the standalone or bundled Oracle SQL Developer Command-Line version (in this order), while sqlcl (the recommended way) and sqlcl.standalone take advantage of Debian’s alternatives system and, when left in auto mode, will always invoke the highest version installed.
downloads:
- sqlcl-package_0.1.0_all.deb (binary package)
- sqlcl-package_0.1.0.dsc (source description file)
- sqlcl-package_0.1.0.tar.xz (source code archive)