I don't believe the package is including jar files at all. The result of dpkg-deb -c on groovy_1.5.6-1 in intrepid show links to the libraries in /usr/share/java:
luis@trinity:~/dev/groovy$ dpkg-deb -c groovy_1.5.6-1_all.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/doc/groovy/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 3232 2008-05-12 07:16 ./usr/share/doc/groovy/README.Debian -rw-r--r-- root/root 2223 2008-05-12 07:16 ./usr/share/doc/groovy/copyright -rw-r--r-- root/root 1421 2008-05-12 07:16 ./usr/share/doc/groovy/changelog.Debian.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 874 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/groovy.1.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 451 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/groovyc.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 759 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/groovy -rwxr-xr-x root/root 605 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/groovyConsole -rwxr-xr-x root/root 626 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/groovyc -rwxr-xr-x root/root 714 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/groovysh -rwxr-xr-x root/root 633 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/java2groovy -rwxr-xr-x root/root 8009 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/bin/startGroovy drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/conf/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 892 2008-04-25 12:26 ./usr/share/groovy/conf/groovy-starter.conf drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 2304286 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/groovy-1.5.6.jar drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/java/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/ lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/startGroovy.1.gz -> groovy.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/groovyConsole.1.gz -> groovy.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/java2groovy.1.gz -> groovy.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/man/man1/groovysh.1.gz -> groovy.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/xpp3.jar -> ../../java/xpp3.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/xstream.jar -> ../../java/xstream.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/servlet-api.jar -> ../../java/servlet-api.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/regexp.jar -> ../../java/regexp.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/mx4j.jar -> ../../java/mx4j.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/mockobjects-core.jar -> ../../java/mockobjects-core.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/jsp-api.jar -> ../../java/jsp-api.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/junit4.jar -> ../../java/junit4.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/jline.jar -> ../../java/jline.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/commons-logging.jar -> ../../java/commons-logging.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/commons-cli.jar -> ../../java/commons-cli.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/classworlds-1.0.jar -> ../../java/classworlds.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/bsf.jar -> ../../java/bsf.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/asm2-util.jar -> ../../java/asm2-util.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/asm2-tree.jar -> ../../java/asm2-tree.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/asm2-analysis.jar -> ../../java/asm2-analysis.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/asm2.jar -> ../../java/asm2.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/antlr.jar -> ../../java/antlr.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/ant-launcher.jar -> ../../java/ant-launcher.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/ant-junit.jar -> ../../java/ant-junit.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/groovy/lib/ant.jar -> ../../java/ant.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/share/java/groovy.jar -> ../groovy/lib/groovy-1.5.6.jar lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/startGroovy -> ../share/groovy/bin/startGroovy lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/java2groovy -> ../share/groovy/bin/java2groovy lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/groovysh -> ../share/groovy/bin/groovysh lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/groovyConsole -> ../share/groovy/bin/groovyConsole lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/groovyc -> ../share/groovy/bin/groovyc lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-05-12 07:17 ./usr/bin/groovy -> ../share/groovy/bin/groovy
I don't believe the package is including jar files at all. The result of dpkg-deb -c on groovy_1.5.6-1 in intrepid show links to the libraries in /usr/share/java:
luis@trinity: ~/dev/groovy$ dpkg-deb -c groovy_ 1.5.6-1_ all.deb doc/groovy/ doc/groovy/ README. Debian doc/groovy/ copyright doc/groovy/ changelog. Debian. gz man/man1/ man/man1/ groovy. 1.gz man/man1/ groovyc. 1.gz groovy/ bin/ groovy/ bin/groovy groovy/ bin/groovyConso le groovy/ bin/groovyc groovy/ bin/groovysh groovy/ bin/java2groovy groovy/ bin/startGroovy groovy/ conf/ groovy/ conf/groovy- starter. conf groovy/ lib/ groovy/ lib/groovy- 1.5.6.jar man/man1/ startGroovy. 1.gz -> groovy.1.gz man/man1/ groovyConsole. 1.gz -> groovy.1.gz man/man1/ java2groovy. 1.gz -> groovy.1.gz man/man1/ groovysh. 1.gz -> groovy.1.gz groovy/ lib/xpp3. jar -> ../../java/xpp3.jar groovy/ lib/xstream. jar -> ../../java/ xstream. jar groovy/ lib/servlet- api.jar -> ../../java/ servlet- api.jar groovy/ lib/regexp. jar -> ../../java/ regexp. jar groovy/ lib/mx4j. jar -> ../../java/mx4j.jar groovy/ lib/mockobjects -core.jar -> ../../java/ mockobjects- core.jar groovy/ lib/jsp- api.jar -> ../../java/ jsp-api. jar groovy/ lib/junit4. jar -> ../../java/ junit4. jar groovy/ lib/jline. jar -> ../../java/ jline.jar groovy/ lib/commons- logging. jar -> ../../java/ commons- logging. jar groovy/ lib/commons- cli.jar -> ../../java/ commons- cli.jar groovy/ lib/classworlds -1.0.jar -> ../../java/ classworlds. jar groovy/ lib/bsf. jar -> ../../java/bsf.jar groovy/ lib/asm2- util.jar -> ../../java/ asm2-util. jar groovy/ lib/asm2- tree.jar -> ../../java/ asm2-tree. jar groovy/ lib/asm2- analysis. jar -> ../../java/ asm2-analysis. jar groovy/ lib/asm2. jar -> ../../java/asm2.jar groovy/ lib/antlr. jar -> ../../java/ antlr.jar groovy/ lib/ant- launcher. jar -> ../../java/ ant-launcher. jar groovy/ lib/ant- junit.jar -> ../../java/ ant-junit. jar groovy/ lib/ant. jar -> ../../java/ant.jar java/groovy. jar -> ../groovy/ lib/groovy- 1.5.6.jar startGroovy -> ../share/ groovy/ bin/startGroovy java2groovy -> ../share/ groovy/ bin/java2groovy groovy/ bin/groovysh groovyConsole -> ../share/ groovy/ bin/groovyConso le groovy/ bin/groovyc groovy/ bin/groovy
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