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# Briar Headless Debian Package

This is a simple binary package that installs
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Use official jar files provided by The Briar Project  
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the official _briar-headless.jar_ provided by The
Briar Project to _/usr/share/java/_.
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The following build dependencies are needed:
```bash
sudo apt install build-essential devscripts dh-make
```
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Use `load-official-briar-headless-jar.sh` to get
the newest .jar.
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You can then create the Debian package by calling `debuild`.

There were also intents to build a Debian package
from source, but it didn't work. It appears that
Kotlin is not yet supported for builds in Debian.
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More information can be found
[in a previous version of this document](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-debian/-/blob/d1228ed65893eaeee2644e5396c1ef0d3ebc3c2d/README.md#original-source-deb-configuration).