On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:11:05 +0000 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An RPM needs a spec file telling it how the files in an application are to be > treated. > > Here is the Mandrake guide to making RPMs > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/howtos/mdk-rpm/ > > An easy way to make an RPM from a tarball is using the checkinstall package > (I think checkinstall is in contrib) > http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ > Compile your tarball with './Configure' and 'make' as normal and then run > checkinstall. It will create an RPM for you and install it. > > derek > > -- > ---------------------------------- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > > derek: Thanks for the tip on checkinstall :) i'm trying it now (getting errors though...) it installs the source ok but building the rpm gives errors. ************************************** **** RPM package creation selected *** ************************************** Building RPM package...OK Installing RPM package... FAILED! *** Failed to install the package Do you want to see the log file? [y]: y (in logfile i get the error: message below) Erasing temporary files...OK Writing backup package...OK Deleting temp dir...OK error: open of /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/xarchon-0.50-1.i386.rpm failed: No such file or directory ) now... i have setup an RPM tree under my /home/jerry directory and went digging around there and voila! there it was! guess i need to either build this from /usr/src or define a variable somewhere... but really i don't see why it would install the source using make install then install the rpm... seems kinda like it's double-installing. (maybe i'm missing an option) But... the rpm built so it's all cool! hey thanks again :) Jerry THANKS AGAIN! Jerry -- -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (¬_ //\ V_/_
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