Hi everyone,

I downloaded a couple of updates in the form of SRPMs from the redhat ftp server recently (ftp.redhat.com) through the command line. Next, I installed the rpms using the standard command rpm -ivh <package_name>.src.rpm

Then going to the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS directory, i tried to compile the *.spec files using the rpm -bb <package_name>.spec command. But it gives me an error saying that the switch -bb is invalid !!

Isn't it true that you need to compile the SRPMs after installing them once ? What needs to be done next ? Please help !

And which version of Red Hat are you using??? Do you have rpm-build installed??

Checking for the package; rpm -qa rpm-build

Yes, then use it; rpmbuild -bb foo.spec

Or you can try; rpmbuild --rebuild --recompile <package_name>.src.rpm

Yes it is true you have to compile the binary rpm(s) to install the package(s), the source is the source and you want the resulting binary packages.

Hi Lenard,

Thanks for the help I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.