RPM Installation Issue
 

Hi,

I'm installing a new package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES but it stops the installation with the error "-bb: unknown option" upon entering the command "rpm -bb --target=i386 dgrp-1.9.spec" on the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS directory.

Any help will be appreciated.

It seems that rpm has been split into two utilities: rpm and rpmbuild. The -bb option is no longer part of rpm . It's now part of rpmbuild. So, modify your command to replace rpm with rpmbuild.

Thanks for the reply!

The command "#rpmbuild -bb --target=i386 dgrp-1.9.spec" was executed but failed towards the end with the error message:

configure error: Unable to find a working compiler: Failing configure script.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.49704(%prep)

Thanks for the help.

Install the compiler that is need by the configure script. Do you have gcc and related tools installed?

Thanks. The installation went through successfully after installing the gcc compiler.

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