[K12OSN] How to install from .src.rpm
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Wed Jan 26 20:44:22 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 13:01, Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> > 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?
Earlier versions of rpm had the --rebuild function included in the
rpm program itself so you might find it there. The current fedora
version has been split into rpm and rpmbuild as separate commands.
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Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
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