Hallo,

I am trying to install a NVIDA driver for networking (belongs to an ASSUS mobo on RedHat 9 - kernel 2.4.20.8

I'have got the package from nvidia.

There is an instruction that says the following :

Binary RPM Installation

The binary installation procedure involves downloading the binary RPM file appropriate to your
distribution and installing it. If you are using the SuSE distribution, see NOTE: SuSE
INSTALLATIONS, above.
Become root and install using rpm:
example% cd <directory with the rpm file>
example% su
Password: ******
example# rpm -i nforce{package name}-1.0-1.rpm


Source RPM Installation

The Source RPM will create an RPM appropriate for your system. If you are using the SuSE RPM,
see NOTE: SuSE INSTALLATIONS, above. To install:
example% cd <directory with the rpm file>
example% su
Password: ******
example# rpm --rebuild nforce{package name}-1.0-1.src.rpm
At this point, the SRPM will be recompiled. When this command has completed, look for a line that
says:
Wrote: /usr/src/{RPM root dir}/RPMS/i386/nforce{package name}-1.0-1.rpm
This will provide you with the name and location of the new RPM. You should then install this RPM
per the instructions in the Binary RPM Installation section.

I have to use the Source ppm first, because there is no driver
that is of the same number as the kernel.

The Package is called NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm

When I gave the command
#rpm rebuild nforce NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm
I get a list of all the options

When I gave the command
#rpm rebuild NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm

Can anybody tell me in simple terms what is going wrong?

Should I use rebuilddb ? Or is it something else?

Thank you.

cb

Looking for answer to same exact question.
what is the RPM 4.2 command equivelant of <#rpm --rebuild some.src.rpm> ?

rpmbuild -bb package.src.rpm

Thanks born4linux, i also found that <rpmbuild --rebuild package.src.rpm> worked nicely as well.

Rob

I just installed Fedora and now I want to install the sources but i'm having a hard time understanding the steps that i need to take. I've got the 3 SRPM cds.

1) should i copy the entire cd contents to my /home directory first?
2) is there a way to specify that all of the SRPMs get installed, or must i install them individually?
3) when i run "rpm -ivh abiword-2.0.1-1.src.rpm" i get the following
1:abiword ########################################### [100%]

i'm not sure what happened here. i can't find where the source was uncompressed, if at all.
what does this step do?

4) when i get the sources, should i expect that i can install all the source and do a make from the top of a tree to build the entire distro? i was hoping to eventually customize the distro and read/learn the source, but i'm not sure if i've got the wrong expectations

5) any good site for understanding how to build distro source? i'm reading the Linux 2.4 kernel book, but it doesn't discuss setting up a development environment.

any help is appreciated.