[SOLVED] equivalence of apt-get source vim in rpm camp?

centguy · 12-29-2020, 10:02 PM

Recently I learned apt-get source vim; apt-get build-dep vim (just an example).

The equivalence of apt-get build-dep vim in CentOS is
yum-builddep vim

but I cannot find the equivalence of apt-get source vim.

The closest i get is
yumdownloader vim

but after

Quote:

rpm2cpio ./vim-enhanced-7.4.629-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv

i still not see the source files but the precompiled binary, which is not what
I want.

berndbausch · 12-29-2020, 11:36 PM

The Centos wiki has a page on installing from source. It has a paragraph on obtaining SRPMs (i.e. source rpm files).

I don't have a running Centos system in front of me right now, but a simple yum search vim might help as well. Not sure though.

shruggy · 12-30-2020, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by centguy

Code:

rpm2cpio ./vim-enhanced-7.4.629-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv

Wrong package. Source RPMs end in .src.rpm. yumdownloader must be explicitly told that you want source:

Code:

yumdownloader --source vim

centguy · 12-31-2020, 02:31 AM

shruggy, you are certainly most helpful!!
I learned that two apt-get commands from you in my other posts!

Quote:

yum-builddep vim
yumdownloader --source vim
rpm2cpio ./vim-7.4.629-8.el7_9.src.rpm | cpio -idmv
tar -xjf vim-7.4.tar.bz2
cd vim74/
./configure
make
make install

it works!