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Old 03-04-2004, 07:20 AM   #1
Fredy71
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How to generate an rpm from source?


Hi there,
does anybody know a guide or tutorial or so, which shows how I can generate an rpm package from the sources of a program?
E.g. make an rpm for the Dia drawing program or so.
Or is it rocket science?

regards Fredy
 
Old 03-04-2004, 08:27 AM   #2
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There's an step by step way of creating rpm packages from your source code.
You can check this howtos, they have templates and some examples.

www.rpm.org
http://www.rpm.org/RPM-HOWTO/
or also
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin...Building_a_RPM

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