How to: *.tar.gz -> *.rpm ?

David Mackintosh David.Mackintosh at xdroop.com
Fri Dec 30 16:29:30 UTC 2005


On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 07:24:36PM +0300, Strong wrote:
> Is there an algorithm how to make an rpm out of existing source files?
> Say, I can compile the program out of *.tar.gz, but when I would remove
> it - it would be hard to say what to remove as it will be out data
> base. So, is there an easy way to make an rpm out of the tar.gz?! -

Look into checkinstall: 

  http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

Doesn't work on everything, but does a reasonable job and makes 
uninstalling things _much_ easier than make install does.

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