rpm manuals+++ how-to

alaios · 04-18-2004, 06:10 PM

Hi there... ia m searching informatinos about the rpm packages.... How can we create some rpm packages?
How can we make a "virtual" install and uninstall? Any pdf so i can start reading?
Thx have a nice day

megaspaz · 04-18-2004, 06:13 PM

"man rpm", "man rpmbuild" maybe?

bigrigdriver · 04-18-2004, 09:04 PM

For absolutely everything you could ever want to know about rpm, check the RedHat site, somewhere in Documentation. Look for a book called 'Max-rpm'. It gives all details about rpm: what you'd see in the man pages, plus a lot more; such as how to write spec files for src.rpm's, what to include and why, etc. It's a 700+ page book which you can read on-line or download to read at your leisure.

320mb · 04-18-2004, 09:12 PM

http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/

7ux_spirit · 04-19-2004, 12:47 PM

What about checkinstall

http://checkinstall.izto.org

The easier tool to build rpms as to my knowledge.

alaios · 04-19-2004, 04:26 PM

but
it doesn't seems to bevery useful
http://checkinstall.izto.org/

bigrigdriver · 04-19-2004, 09:15 PM

Once checkinstall (and it's companion utility installwatch) are installed, you can install a tarball following the normal procedure for installing tarballs, until you get to the make-install step. At that point, you invoke checkinstall "checkinstall make-install" and checkinstall will build and install a binary rpm for you.