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>&#13;	Programs <SPAN
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>&#13;	If the package installs a jar (or a symlink to a jar) as an executable
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	the correct class is used as main-class. As an example jarwrapper
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>&#13;	Additional classes in the package must be packaged in one or more JARs 
	which can be put into /usr/share/java (if they are intended to be used 
	by other programs) or into a private directory in
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>&#13;        There is no naming rules for programs, they are ordinary programs,
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