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It's been a couple of weeks since I started using JPackage.org to manage my Java packages. I'm happy to report that it has changed my behavior, for the better: I stopped manually downloading and installing packages that are included in JPackage.org.

The number of packages included in JPackage.org is staggering. It would take me weeks if not months to install all of them by hand. I'll append a list of all the packages at the end of this post.

Whereas in the past, every time I install something, I have to inspect its lib directory to see if any of its required libraries are already installed as part of some other package. That's something that I don't have to worry about with JPackage.org.

The nightly yum update script that Fedora Core 3 runs help keeping the packages fresh.

The tomcat, jetty, jonas, jboss packages are already integrated with the Linux's service management system. I can start them as services with one simple command. I can also configure them to be started at boot time without too much effort.

Because everything is in RPM, I can use RPM queries to inspect the state of any package. The list at the end of this post is constructed using the rpm -qa and rpm -qi commands (and a bit of awk and vi.)

I still need to understand more thoroughly the way JPackage.org organizes jar files. But I can definitely see the usefulness of the commands provided by the jpackage-utils package:

[weiqi@gao] $ build-classpath rhino xmlbeans bsh2
/usr/share/java/rhino.jar:/usr/share/java/xmlbeans/xbean-1.0.3.jar:/usr/share/ja
va/xmlbeans/xmlpublic-1.0.3.jar:/usr/share/java/xmlbeans/xbean_xpath-1.0.3.jar:/
usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-reflect-2.0.jar:/usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-commands-2.0.ja
r:/usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-util-2.0.jar:/usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-classgen-2.0.ja
r:/usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-bsf-2.0.jar:/usr/share/java/bsh2/bsh-core-2.0.jar:/us
r/share/java/bsh2/bsh-classpath-2.0.jar

The /usr/bin/ant script (the /opt/apache-ant-1.6.2/bin/ant script before I switched to JPackage.org) uses build-classpath to gather its own classpaths. But I don't know how to use it from inside my own Ant build scripts yet.

I wish JPackage.org could be made to work on Windows, probably with the help of Cygwin.

Here's the list:

abbot-0.13.0 adaptx-0.9.6 adaptx-doc-0.9.6 aelfred-1.2 ant-1.6.2 ant-antlr-1.6.2 ant-apache-bcel-1.6.2 ant-apache-bsf-1.6.2 ant-apache-log4j-1.6.2 ant-apache-oro-1.6.2 ant-apache-regexp-1.6.2 ant-apache-resolver-1.6.2 ant-commons-logging-1.6.2 ant-commons-net-1.6.2 ant-contrib-0.6 ant-jai-1.6.2 ant-jalopy-1.0 ant-javamail-1.6.2 ant-jdepend-1.6.2 ant-jmf-1.6.2 ant-jsch-1.6.2 ant-junit-1.6.2 antlr-2.7.4 antlr-jedit-2.7.4 ant-nodeps-1.6.2 ant-scripts-1.6.2 ant-swing-1.6.2 anttex-0.2 ant-trax-1.6.2 aopalliance-1.0 argouml0.15-0.15.4 ashkelon-0.8.2 asm-1.4.1 aspectj-1.1.1 aspectj-installer-1.1.1 aspectwerkz-0.9 attrib4j-0.9.0 autojar-1.2.2 avalon-excalibur-4.1 avalon-excalibur-scratchpad-4.1 avalon-framework-4.1.4 avalon-logkit-1.2 axion-1.0 axis-1.1 batik-1.5 batik-rasterizer-1.5 batik-slideshow-1.5 batik-squiggle-1.5 batik-svgpp-1.5 batik-ttf2svg-1.5 bcel-5.1 blowfish-j-2.12 bouncycastle-1.25 bouncycastle-jdk1.4-1.25 bouncycastle-jdk1.5-1.25 bsf-2.3.0 bsh-1.3.0 bsh2-2.0 bsh2-bsf-2.0 bsh2-classgen-2.0 burlap-2.1.12 c3p0-0.8.4.1 carol-1.5.1 castor-0.9.5 castor-doc-0.9.5 castor-test-0.9.5 castor-xml-0.9.5 catchxsl-1.2.1 catchxsl-themes-1.2.1 cglib1-1.0 cglib-2.0.2 checkstyle-3.4 checkstyle-optional-3.4 c-jdbc-1.0.4 classpathx-jaf-1.0 classpathx-jaxp-1.0 classpathx-jaxp-scripts-1.0 classpathx-mail-1.0 classworlds-1.0 colt-1.1.0 colt-hep-1.1.0 concurrent-1.3.2 corejava-format-1.22 cos-multipart-0.05Nov2002 cpptasks-1.0 crimson-1.1.3 cryptix-3.2.0 cryptix-asn1-20011119 cryptix-pgp-3.2.0 daim-0.9.2 daim-scripts-0.9.2 db-ojb-1.0.1 db-torque-3.1 db-torque-gen-3.1 dnsjava-1.5.1 docbook-xsl-java-saxon-1.67.0 docbook-xsl-java-xalan-1.67.0 dom4j-1.5 dresden-ocl-1.1 dresden-ocl-argo-1.1 dtdparser-1.21 dynamicjava-1.1.5 easymock-1.1 easymockclassextension-1.1 eclipse-gef-3.0.1 eclipse-gtk2-3.0.1 eclipse-jdt-3.0.1 eclipse-pde-3.0.1 eclipse-platform-3.0.1 eclipse-scripts-3.0.1 eclipse-source-3.0.1 ecs-1.4.2 ehcache-0.9 ehcache-bootstrap-2.1.6.0.9 ejb-2.1 fastutil-4.3.1 flute-1.3 fop-0.20.5 forehead-1.0.b4 fractal-2.2 freemarker-2.3 gcviewer-1.15 gef-0.10.2 geronimo-modules-1.0 geronimo-specs-1.0 gjt-jpl-pattern-0.2 gjt-jpl-util-0.6 gnu-crypto-2.0.1 gnu-crypto-sasl-jdk1.4-2.0.1 gnu.getopt-1.0.9 gnu.regexp-1.1.4 gnu.trove-1.0.2 gvf-1.36 hessian-2.1.12 hibernate-2.1.6 howl-logger-0.1.7 hsqldb-1.72.3 ht2html-2.0 html-parser-1.02 httpunit-1.6 i18n-lib-0.1.3 ibatis1-1.3.1 ibatis-2.0.6 isorelax-20030108 isorelax-bootstrap-20030108 itext-1.02b j2ee-connector-1.5 j2ssh-0.2.7 jacorb-2.2 jai-1.1.2 jakarta-commons-attributes-2.1 jakarta-commons-beanutils-1.7.0 jakarta-commons-betwixt-1.0 jakarta-commons-cli-1.0 jakarta-commons-codec-1.3 jakarta-commons-collections-3.1 jakarta-commons-configuration-1.0.d3 jakarta-commons-daemon-1.0 jakarta-commons-daemon-jsvc-1.0 jakarta-comm 8 ons-dbcp 1ff8 -1.2.1 jakarta-commons-dbutils-1.0 jakarta-commons-digester-1.6 jakarta-commons-discovery-0.2 jakarta-commons-el-1.0 jakarta-commons-fileupload-1.0 jakarta-commons-grant-1.0.b5.cvs20040118 jakarta-commons-graph-0.8.1.cvs20040118 jakarta-commons-httpclient-2.0.2 jakarta-commons-io-1.0.cvs20040118 jakarta-commons-jelly-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-ant-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-antlr-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-avalon-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-bean-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-betwixt-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-bsf-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-define-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-dynabean-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-email-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-html-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-http-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-interaction-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-jaxme-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-jetty-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-jms-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-jmx-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-jsl-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-junit-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-log-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-ojb-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-quartz-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-soap-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-sql-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-swing-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-threads-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-util-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-validate-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-velocity-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-xml-1.0 jakarta-commons-jelly-tags-xmlunit-1.0 jakarta-commons-jexl-1.0 jakarta-commons-jxpath-1.2 jakarta-commons-lang-2.0 jakarta-commons-latka-1.0 jakarta-commons-launcher-0.9 jakarta-commons-logging-1.0.4 jakarta-commons-messenger-1.0.d10 jakarta-commons-modeler-1.1 jakarta-commons-net-1.2.2 jakarta-commons-pool-1.2 jakarta-commons-primitives-1.0 jakarta-commons-validator-1.1.3 jakarta-poi-2.5 jakarta-slide-server-2.0 jakarta-slide-server-webapps-tc4-2.0 jakarta-slide-webdavclient-2.0 jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1 jakarta-turbine-jcs-1.0 jal-20031117 jalopy-1.0 jalopy-console-1.0 jasper4-4.1.30 jasper5-5.0.19 jasperreports-0.5.2 java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0 java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel-1.4.2.0 java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06 java-1.4.2-sun-alsa-1.4.2.06 java-1.4.2-sun-devel-1.4.2.06 java-1.4.2-sun-src-1.4.2.06 java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-alsa-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-devel-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-fonts-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-jce-policy-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-plugin-1.5.0 java-1.5.0-sun-src-1.5.0 javacc-3.2 java_cup-0.10 javagroups-2.1.1 javalayer-0.4 javassist-3.0 jaxen-1.1 jaxen-bootstrap-1.1 jboss4-aop-4.0.0 jboss4-buildmagic-tasks-2.0 jboss4-cache-4.0.0 jboss4-common-4.0.0 jboss4-jmx-4.0.0 jboss4-system-4.0.0 jcifs-1.1.2 jclasslib-2.0 jclasslib-scripts-2.0 jcommon-0.9.7 jcommon-test-0.9.7 jcoverage-1.0.5 jcrontab-1.4.1 jdepend22-2.2 jdepend-2.6 jdiff-1.0.9 jdo-1.0.1 jdom-1.0 jd.xslt-1.5.5 jd.xslt-scripts-1.5.5 jedit-4.2 jetty4-4.2.20 jetty5-5.0.0 jexcelapi-2.4.3 jext-3.2 jfreechart-0.9.20 jftp-1.44 jgroups-2.2.6 jing-20030619 jisp2-2.5.1 jisp3-3.0.0 jlex-1.2.6 jline-0.8.1 jmi-1.0 jmock-1.0.0 jms-1.1 joesnmp-0.3.2 jonathan-3.1 jonathan-core-4.0 jonathan-jeremie-4.0 joram-4.1.0 joscar-0.9.3 jotm-1.5.3 jpackage-utils-1.6.1 jrefactory-2.8.9 jrexx-1.1.1 jruby-0.7.0 jsch-0.1.17 jsf-1.1.01 jswat-2.20 jta-1.0.1 jtidy-1.0 jtidy-scripts-1.0 jtopen-4.2 junit-3.8.1 junitdoclet-jdk14-1.0.2 junitejb-1.0 junitperf-1.8 jwebunit-1.1.1 jython-2.2 jzlib-1.0.5 kilim-2.0.32 kunststoff-2.0.2 kxml-2.1.8 ldapjdk-4.17 ldapsdk-4.17 libswt3-gtk2-3.0.1 limewire-3.5.6 log4j-1.2.8 logi.crypto-1.1.2 lucene-1.3 maybeupload-1.1.0 metouia-1.0 mg4j-0.9.1 mockobjects-0.09 mockobjects-alt-httpclient-0.09 mockobjects-alt-jdk1.4-0.09 mockobjects-httpclient-0.09 mockobjects-jdk1.4-0.09 mod_jk-ap20-1.2.6 monolog-1.8.3 msv-strict-1.2 mx4j-2.0.1 mysql-connector-java-3.0.14 nanoxml-2.2.3 nanoxml-lite-2.2.3 nekohtml-0.9.3 netcomponents-1.3.8 nsuml-1.4.0 objectweb-anttask-1.2 objectweb-deploysched-0.2 odmg-3.0 oldgef-0.9.6 oldi18n-lib-0.1 oldj2ssh-0.1.7 oldjavalayer-0.1.1 oldjdom-1.0 oldkilim-1.1.3 oldkxml-1.21 oldlogi.crypto-1.0.7 oldrhino-1.5 openejb-2.0 openorb-1.2.0 oro-2.0.8 oscache-2.0.2 p6spy-1.3 pdfbox-0.6.6 pell-multipart-1.30 piccolo-1.04 pircbot-1.4.2 pja-2.5 pmd-1.9 portecle-0.9 prefedit-0.6 proxool-0.8.3 puretls-0.9 qdox-1.4 quartz-1.4.2 radeox-0.9 regexp-1.3 relaxngDatatype-1.0 rhino-1.6 rngpack-1.1 sablecc-2.18.2 sac-1.3 saxon-6.5.3 saxon-aelfred-6.5.3 saxon-fop-6.5.3 saxon-jdom-6.5.3 saxon-scripts-6.5.3 servletapi3-3.3.1 servletapi4-4.0.4 servletapi5-5.0.18 snmptrapappender-1.2.8 soap-2.3.1 stax-bea-1.0 struts-1.2.4 struts-webapps-tomcat3-1.2.4 struts-webapps-tomcat4-1.2.4 struts-webapps-tomcat5-1.2.4 swarmcache-1.0 swingwt-0.85 tanukiwrapper-3.1.1 tjdo-2.1 tomcat3-3.3.2 tomcat3-webapps-3.3.2 tomcat4-4.1.30 tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.30 tomcat4-compat-4.1.30 tomcat4-webapps-4.1.30 tomcat5-5.0.27 tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.0.27 tomcat5-webapps-5.0.27 toolbar-0.4 tranql-1.0 tyrex-1.0.1 uddi4j-2.0.2 update-alternatives-1.8.3 vdoclet-0.2 velocity-1.4 velocity-dvsl-0.45 velocity-tools-1.1 village-1.5.3 violinstrings-1.0.2 webmacro-1.1 webnfs-1.2 webwork-1.4 webwork-multipart-1.4 wengsoftsnmp-3 werken.xpath-0.9.4 werkz-1.0 wsdl4j-1.4 ws-jaxme-0.3.1 xalan-j2-2.6.0 xalan-j2-xsltc-2.6.0 xapool-1.4 xdoclet-1.2.1 xerces-j2-2.6.2 xerces-j2-scripts-2.6.2 xercesjarv-20030530 xmlbeans-1.0.3 xml-commons-1.0 xml-commons-apis-1.0 xml-commons-resolver-1.1 xml-commons-resolver-nb-1.1 xml-commons-which-1.0 xmldb-api-20011111 xmldb-api-sdk-20011111 xmlrpc-1.2 xmlunit-1.0 xpp2-2.1.10 xpp3-1.1.3.4 xpp3-minimal-1.1.3.4 xsdlib-2.2 xstream-1.0.2 xt-dash-20020426