I have just installed Mandrake 9.1.
But this distribution don't recognize my modem BCM v.90
So I try to compile a new rpm but i get this error :
'bash: rpmbuild: command not found'

Maybe a package is missing to use rpmbuild command??

Thanks a lot for your advises

if you're just installing an rpm, just use the 'rpm' command, not 'rpmbuild'.

there should be an rpm on the install CD's for rpm-devel, install those to get rpmbuild

In fact, I have downloaded a src.rpm for my modem and then apply this procedure:

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$ rpm2cpio BCMSM-3.4.19-6.src.rpm | cpio -i

At this point you should have a SPEC file and a tarball in your
BCMSM-sources/ directory. The SPEC file is kernel dependent, so you
cannot use rpmbuild. Instead, do:

$ tar xzf BCMSM-3.4.19.tar.gz
$ cd BCMSM-3.4.19/
$ make rpm RPM_KERNELS=<desired kernel versions> KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src
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When I execute :
make rpm RPM_KERNELS=<desired kernel versions> KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src

I get the error:
"bash:rpmbuild :command not found"

That's why I need to use rpmbuild
Well, I will try to find rpm-devel on my CD and install it to get rpmbuild command.

Another question:
For mandrake 9.1, where is the base directory (KERNEL_DIR)where kernel sources are installed ? (i.e. KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src, is it correct?)

Thanks a lot

this it a totally screwball way for them to distribute source files!

what you are doing is taking a file called src.rpm and unpacking (rpm2cpio) to a tar file, untarring it (tar x), making a "real" rpm (make rpm), then I assume you have to go install that rpm.


whew....


Try this: rpm -ihv src.rpm

if that fails (I'll bet it does), then try (instead of 'make rpm')
"./configure && make && make install"


and your kernel source directory would probably be /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/linux-2.4