Extracting specs out of a src.rpm?

rverlander · 08-21-2002, 06:44 AM

How? Is this possible?

acid_kewpie · 08-21-2002, 06:45 AM

go through mc and enter into the rpm that way, and copy out whatever you want

rverlander · 08-21-2002, 06:46 AM

I don't have mc installed and don't want to install it.

bigrigdriver · 08-21-2002, 06:14 PM

When you install a .src.rpm, you don't get an executable; you get two files installed. The first will be <filename>.tar.gz, installed in /usr/src/<distroname>/SOURCES. The second will be the rpm spec file, installed in /usr/src/<distroname>/SPECS. From there, you can rebuild the rpm to suit your distro and system hardware. The rebuild process will give you the binary rpm which you install to get a usable app. Or, you can try your hand at manually editing the rpm spec file; your choice.

rverlander · 08-22-2002, 01:15 AM

Thanks bigrigdriver