On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
>
> >
> > >nmap (two downloads) = 1. nmap-2.53-1.scr.rpm
> > > 2. nmap-2.53.tgz
> >
> > The first one here is a source RPM, which means you get the source to this
> > package, the config files, etc. but it doesn't actually install the program.
> > You'll end up with a bunch of stuff in /usr/src/redhat, that will likely not
> > do you much good.
>
> You can build the binaries via
>
> rpm --rebuild nmap-2.53-1.src.rpm
>
> It's been a while since I bothered with this, but I believe that will
> actually produce a binary RPM either somewhere in /usr/src/redhat or in
> the current directory. You can then rpm -i that.
>
it goes into /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (assuming you didn't change the
default for compile to i386)
> I'm a bit hazy on this though, so you should check the man page for
> specific details. RedHat's Maximum RPM is another good source of info on
> the RPM package management system, which you can download in .ps format
> off their web page (somewhere)... or maybe it was at www.rpm.org -- I
> forget.
>
>
>
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