Dear all, here is my problem

i downloaded kernel source rpm. i.e kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm for my kernel 2.6.18-53.el5.

i installed succeffully above src.rpm using command ..
rpmbuild --rebuild kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm

it created a directory in /usr/src/redhat

then i manually deleted the redhat directory just because i want to rebuild the kernel source again.so i i removed the redhat directory but now i tried to excute above rpmbuild command again but it is failed.

saying: error:cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/sources
error:kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm cannot be installed

may i know the reason why it is failing


thanks
noor

You should not delete /usr/src/redhat. That directory is needed for kernel compile. It should have 5 subdirectories: BUILD, RPMS, SOURCES, SPEC, and SRPMS.

kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm is a source code rpm (.src.rppm) for the kernel, which must be compiled to get a binary rpm which you can install.

Su to root and make the necessary directories.
mkdir /usr/src/rednat
cd /usr/src/redhat
mkdir BUILD
mkdir RPMS
mkdir SOURCES
mkdir SPEC
mkdir SRPMS

Then install the kernel .src.rpm: rpm -i kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm. That will place the kernel source tarball in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, and an rpm .spec file in /usr/src/redhat/spec. The .spec file is the rpm equivalent of a makefile which guides the compiling of the source code.

cd to SPEC
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPEC

compile the binary kernel rpm.
./kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.spec

When the compile is complete, you will have a binary kernel rpm which you can install, assuming there are no errors during the compile. It will be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS.

Then you can install that binary rpm.