On Wed November 7 2007 04:39:03 pm Andy Harrison wrote: > Sometimes, and only sometimes, it's not too hard to create your own > rpm. If you can find the src rpm file, it's not too hard to edit the > spec file and make the package yourself. > > Install the src rpm: > rpm -ivh glom-x.x.src.rpm > > Then edit /usr/src/packages/SPECS/glom.spec > > Try to build it: > rpmbuild -bb glom.spec > > Common issues will be that you need to install more *-devel packages > for compiling purposes as well as changing the names of the > dependencies listed in the spec file to the names of the corresponding > suse rpm package names.
Thanks for the encouragement, Andy! ;-) My success rate in the past for locally compiling then building and installing (via checkinstall) 'custom' packages for SuSE/openSUSE is probably about 40% to 50%. In this case, however, I have installed 10.2 very differently than previous releases. Instead of installing everything displaying an empty checkbox next to it, I tried to only install the software that I actually use on a regular basis... in part, I suppose, to conserve a little disk space and combat 'bloat'. So, I don't have the compiler or related packages and libraries installed. And I'm really loathe to go down that road for just one package. I *was* toying with the idea of checking out the factory build service but I'm more of a 'play' programmer than a 'real' one and am finding that prospect pretty intimidating. Thanks again and regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
