Cannot install source - error error

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 04:03:17PM -0500, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:34:06PM +0000, rwhart at mchsi.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   I need to compile the module for my nVidia dualhead.  I have tried to rpm -ivh
> > kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm repeatedly.  It reports no errors. 
> > 
> >   However, then I do rpm -qa | grep kernel*  and the source is not listed.  Also
> > there is no kernels subdirectory in /usr/src 
> > 
> >   I have performed a rpm --rebuildb. Any other ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bob
> Well the thing to doe is to put the src.rpm in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
> and hen you do: rpm -ivh  kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm 
> I would expect you would get a spec file in: /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> Then you would run: rpmbuild  --rebuild on the spec file.
This is an error. I am sorry. Yopu would actually want to run
something like:
rpmbuild -bb on spec file. Ther are other options then -bb. Look at
man rpmbuild to decide which you want.
The command below should be ok.
> 
> Or if you want to remove the middleman you could do a:
> rpmbuild --rebuild kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm
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