checkinstall error : *** The "rpm" program is not in your PATH!

logicalfuzz · 09-11-2005, 02:53 AM

hello,
i have done an LFS installation. i compiled rpm with all its dependancies. then i tried checkinstall. firstly checkinstall is located in /usr/local/sbin/checkinstall which is not in my PATH. so i am not able access the man page of checkinstall. the problem is when i do

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/usr/local/sbin/checkinstall

on a compiled program, at the end it says..

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*** The "rpm" program is not in your PATH!
*** RPM package creation aborted

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whereis rpm

says /usr/bin/rpm as well as /bin/rpm both of which are in my PATH.
is my way of checkinstall correct? i do make on the package first, next i do /usr/local/sbin/checkinstall
how do i make checkinstall work properly?

freakyg · 09-11-2005, 05:07 AM

put the $PATH in your ~/.bash_profile like so........

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export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/rpm
export PATH=$PATH:/bin/rpm

logicalfuzz · 09-11-2005, 06:40 AM

still no success...