On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Denis Havlik wrote:
> :>Is there a trick to installing source RPMs? I
> :>downloaded samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm from one of the
> :>mandrake mirrors, and installed it using 'rpm -ivh' (like all the binaries
> :>I do successfully). When I then
> :>query for the file list, I get told it isn't installed?
>
> <EDUCATIVE>
> srpm!=rpm
>
> "Source" rpm-s have to be "built", in order to get binary rpm-s. Usually
> (but not neccecarely) this includes compiling of the program sources. This
> is whay they are called "source rpm-s". .-)
> </EDUCATIVE>
>
> one way to get binary rpm out of source rpm is:
>
> rpm --rebuild <PACKAGE>
>
> This can take some time.
>
> If everything goes well, in the end you will find
> newly-compiled rpm-package somewhere in in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/ directory.
>
> :>[root@sphinx local]# rpm -ivh samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm
> :>samba ##################################################
>
> this probably just puts the sources somewhere under /usr/src/RPM.
>
> :>[root@sphinx local]# rpm -ql samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm
> :>package samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm is not installed
>
> I do not think this would work even if the package were binary rpm. Look:
>
> [denis@fudo havlik]$ rpm -q pine
> pine-4.10-5mdk
> [denis@fudo havlik]$ rpm -q pine-4.10-5mdk
> pine-4.10-5mdk
> [denis@fudo havlik]$ rpm -q pine-4.10-5mdk.i586.rpm
> package pine-4.10-5mdk.i586.rpm is not installed
rpm -ql -p pine-4.10-5mdk.i586.rpm # the -p is the important part.
> hope this helps
>
> Denis
>
>
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