Question on RPM

arnold12 · 07-19-2006, 03:33 AM

I am a semi newbie to creating a RPM for Linux. I search so many sites in web for get a tutorial about creating RPM. Yes, I have now some tutorial but that all are not so clear to me.

To create a RPM, I have to write spec file where all information is gathered about the installation process. But that’s not my point, my point is how can I add my own files like apache-tom-5.0.tar.gz and test.war, in the rpm?

I need basic information about that.

b0uncer · 07-19-2006, 04:51 AM

Did you mean rpmbuild or are we talking about different things here? It's been a long time since I last dealt with rpms so I might be wrong. Though I do remember that creating an rpm package seemed to be a difficult task since no good tutorials, advices nor other info was easy to find.

unSpawn · 07-19-2006, 04:59 AM

If they don't need to be processed at %setup or %build time, then at %install time just copy files from your $RPM_SOURCE_DIR to the appropriate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT subdir.

I do remember that creating an rpm package seemed to be a difficult task
Not really, no.

reddazz · 07-19-2006, 05:02 AM

If you need good tutorials for building rpms, then take a look at the Max rpm book available at rpm.org. Also take a look at the Fedora Developers Guide as well as the Fedora Project wiki.

As for including your own files in rpms, you include them as patches.

arnold12 · 07-19-2006, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unSpawn

If they don't need to be processed at %setup or %build time, then at %install time just copy files from your $RPM_SOURCE_DIR to the appropriate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT subdir.

OK,so in this way I can add my own files.
Now there is my another question, how can I put own files in specific location??

Like I want to put test.war file in /usr/local/student location.

waiting for another reply.

thanx.

reddazz · 07-19-2006, 06:53 AM

Take a look at the Fedora developers guide line that I posted. Read the part about the spec file and what each section is about. After that concentrate on the section that says %files.

arnold12 · 07-30-2006, 01:38 AM

I want to build a rpm on jdk using the jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin file. I know there is an option on rpmbuild –rebuild on jpackage’s noarch rpm.

But I like to write a spec file on it. Is it the proper way to solve??

reddazz · 07-30-2006, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arnold12

I want to build a rpm on jdk using the jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin file. I know there is an option on rpmbuild –rebuild on jpackage’s noarch rpm.

But I like to write a spec file on it. Is it the proper way to solve??

Sun already supplies an rpm for jdk so I am not sure why you need to make your own.