What is the proper way to package a single jar file as rpm?

Question

Hi I have created my jar file now i want to package my jar file as rpm(redhat package manager). I want to make my jar file as installable for linux.

so What is the proper way to package a single jar file as rpm?

Thanks Sunil Kumar Sahoo

Answer 1

Check out this blog entry for a detailed description of what to do.

Answer 2

If you're using Maven there's the maven rpm plugin.