> Why should it need a DEB package Because this is the common way to install programs on Debian-like systems. SDK has tons of dependencies, resolving them all by hand is difficult and time consuming. It could be RPM too, or whatever there's the way to install on other platforms. The more the merrier.
For example, the build readme now says that it needs Java 1.6 (but you will have Java 1.7 most of the time). I don't think anyone tested the SDK with OpenJDK or IBM JDK - OpenJDK is what gets installed on Linux by default. It also makes it easier to support it, because if you know how the program was possibly installed, you'd know where to find it on other people systems and fix, if anything is broken. Best. Oleg
