tags 668943 + patch thanks I was able to reproduce the problem just by installing the activemq package. Besides the already mentioned /usr/share/activemq/bin/run.jar there were multiple other dangling symlinks like activemq-{core,console,jaas,run,jmdns}.jar and kahadb.jar
The problems seems to be that the maven repositories are created but no files are copied to /usr/share/java The following patch adds the necessary --java-lib flag to debian/libactivemq-java.poms for the required repositories activemq-{core,console,run} and kahadb. Maybe other repositories should also install their jar files in /usr/share/java/ With the new package i am able to start activemq either in the background or in the foreground with the console parameter. You can get the updated debian package via http://shell.spamt.net/~uli/debian/activemq/activemq_5.5.0%2bdfsg-7.dsc I can also prepare an NMU if you want to
diff -Nru activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/changelog activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/changelog --- activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/changelog 2012-04-01 20:26:30.000000000 +0200 +++ activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/changelog 2012-04-29 22:24:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +activemq (5.5.0+dfsg-7) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Install the activemq-{core,console,run} and kahadb jar files to + /usr/share/java. (Closes: #668943) + - Add the necessary --java-lib flag to d/libactivemq-java.poms + + -- Ulrich Dangel <m...@spamt.net> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:49:33 +0200 + activemq (5.5.0+dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=low * d/patches/activemq-admin.patch: Fix activemq-admin "unexpected operator" diff -Nru activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/libactivemq-java.poms activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/libactivemq-java.poms --- activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/libactivemq-java.poms 2012-04-01 20:26:30.000000000 +0200 +++ activemq-5.5.0+dfsg/debian/libactivemq-java.poms 2012-04-29 21:59:53.000000000 +0200 @@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ # temporarily for certain artifacts such as Javadoc jars. # pom.xml --no-parent --has-package-version -activemq-core/pom.xml --has-package-version -kahadb/pom.xml --has-package-version +activemq-core/pom.xml --has-package-version --java-lib +kahadb/pom.xml --has-package-version --java-lib activemq-jmdns_1.0/pom.xml --has-package-version activemq-jaas/pom.xml --has-package-version activemq-ra/pom.xml --has-package-version activemq-pool/pom.xml --has-package-version activemq-spring/pom.xml --has-package-version activemq-fileserver/pom.xml --has-package-version -activemq-console/pom.xml --has-package-version -activemq-run/pom.xml --has-package-version +activemq-console/pom.xml --has-package-version --java-lib +activemq-run/pom.xml --has-package-version --java-lib activemq-optional/pom.xml --ignore-pom activemq-karaf/pom.xml --ignore-pom