[K12OSN] How to install from .src.rpm

Jim Kronebusch jim at winonacotter.org
Wed Jan 26 19:01:17 UTC 2005


> You need to build the binary RPM from the .src.rpm. Something like:
> 
> rpmbuild --rebuild blah.src.rpm
> 
> I think you will find the resulting binary rpm in 
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS 
> or something similar. Don't know if that changes for Fedora. On my 
> Mandrake box it's /usr/src/RPM/RPMS. Install the resulting 
> binary RPM in 
> the usual way.

I tried that but YDL says that rpmbuild is not a recognized command.
Does YDL use a little different rpm package or do I need to install
something else to obtain rpmbuild like a devel package?


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