jpackage
jpackage is a command-line tool to create OS native installers/packages which is generally available since Java 16.
jpackage doesn’t offer any cross-building features, which means you need Red Hat/CentOS to build .rpm packages, Debian/Ubuntu to build .deb packages, macOS to build .dmg/.pkg packages, and Windows to build .exe/.msi packages in general.
But of course, you can build .rpm/.deb packages on macOS/Windows using Docker.
Here are working examples:
.dockerfile for building .rpm packages
FROM centos:centos8
RUN yum install rpm-build -y
RUN curl --output java17.tar.gz https://download.bell-sw.com/java/17+35/bellsoft-jdk17+35-linux-amd64-full.tar.gz \
&& tar -xvf ./java17.tar.gz -C /opt/ \
&& rm java17.tar.gz
ENV PATH $PATH:/opt/jdk-17-full/bin
ENV JAVA_HOME /opt/jdk-17-full
WORKDIR /root.dockerfile for building .deb packages
FROM debian:bullseye
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y curl \
&& apt-get install -y fakeroot
RUN curl --output java17.tar.gz https://download.bell-sw.com/java/17+35/bellsoft-jdk17+35-linux-amd64-full.tar.gz \
&& tar -xvf ./java17.tar.gz -C /opt/ \
&& rm java17.tar.gz
ENV PATH $PATH:/opt/jdk-17-full/bin
ENV JAVA_HOME /opt/jdk-17-full
WORKDIR /rootjpackage on Docker in action
https://github.com/yusuke/samurai is a perfect example which you can try building rpm and deb packages.
% docker build -t centosrpm -f package/centos.dockerfile . [+] Building 2.3s (8/8) FINISHED => [internal] load build definition from centos.dockerfile 0.0s => => transferring dockerfile: 44B 0.0s => [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s => => transferring context: 2B 0.0s => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/centos:centos8 2.1s => [1/4] FROM docker.io/library/centos:centos8@sha256:a27fd8080b517143cbbbab9dfb7c8571c40d67d534bbdee55bd6c473f432b177 0.0s => CACHED [2/4] RUN yum install rpm-build -y 0.0s => CACHED [3/4] RUN curl --output java17.tar.gz https://download.bell-sw.com/java/17+35/bellsoft-jdk17+35-linux-amd64-full.tar.gz && tar -xvf ./java17.tar.gz -C /opt/ 0.0s => CACHED [4/4] WORKDIR /root 0.0s => exporting to image 0.0s => => exporting layers 0.0s => => writing image sha256:e80e0c04786da2d70f2f3bd9defc328d5df55206e7acbf2352d77b090b8f0b7e 0.0s => => naming to docker.io/library/centosrpm % docker build -t debiandeb -f package/debian.dockerfile . [+] Building 2.3s (8/8) FINISHED => [internal] load build definition from debian.dockerfile 0.0s => => transferring dockerfile: 428B 0.0s => [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s => => transferring context: 2B 0.0s => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/debian:bullseye 2.1s => [1/4] FROM docker.io/library/debian:bullseye@sha256:4d6ab716de467aad58e91b1b720f0badd7478847ec7a18f66027d0f8a329a43c 0.0s => CACHED [2/4] RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && apt-get install -y fakeroot 0.0s => CACHED [3/4] RUN curl --output java17.tar.gz https://download.bell-sw.com/java/17+35/bellsoft-jdk17+35-linux-amd64-full.tar.gz && tar -xvf ./java17.tar.gz -C /opt/ 0.0s => CACHED [4/4] WORKDIR /root 0.0s => exporting to image 0.0s => => exporting layers 0.0s => => writing image sha256:f25a867e8dab2338f3847e417a44a77e7266ac997f7a42307ef7d7d044930fc1 0.0s => => naming to docker.io/library/debiandeb % docker run -it --rm -v /path/to/project/:/root/ centosrpm /bin/sh -c "./gradlew jar packageRpm" Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 busy and 3 incompatible and 2 stopped Daemons could not be reused, use --status for details > Configure project : snip… [14:07:42.209] Succeeded in building RPM Bundle package BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 3s 13 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 12 up-to-date % docker run -it --rm -v /path/to/project/:/root/ debiandeb /bin/sh -c "./gradlew jar packageDeb" Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 busy and 3 incompatible and 2 stopped Daemons could not be reused, use --status for details > Configure project : …snip… [14:09:21.914] Returned: 0 [14:09:21.922] Succeeded in building DEB Bundle package BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 5s 13 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 12 up-to-date % ls app samurai-2021.9-1.x86_64.rpm samurai_2021.9-1_amd64.deb