How to add compiled program to rpm database
 

I compiled IceWM so I could get a version later than what was in the apt-get source list repository.

Now when I try to add other icewm related rpm's, it says I don't have icewm installed.

How can I add a program I manually compile, to the rpm database in my computer.

Regards,

Phil

use "checkinstall"
checkinstall builds source code as rpm packages,

after you install checkinstall, you can install source code with the commands...
i cant remember the homepage, google for it.

qwijibow

Thanks for the reply.
I went to the checkinstall website and read up on it and it seemed to be my answer.

I loaded checkinstall, and ran it inside my icewm-1.2.19 src directory, but it complained about not being able to find a SOURCES directory.
I googled and found that my SOURCES error was because I did not have rpm-build package installed.

When I try to install rpm-build I get all kind of conflict errors as follows:

downloads # rpm -ifvh rpm-build-4.3.1-1.fc2.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/lib/rpm/rpmb from install of rpm-build-4.3.1-1.fc2 conflicts with file from package rpm-4.3.2-1
file /usr/share/man/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz from install of rpm-build-4.3.1-1.fc2 conflicts with file from package rpm-4.3.2-1
file /usr/share/man/man8/rpmdeps.8.gz from install of rpm-build-4.3.1-1.fc2 conflicts with file from package rpm-4.3.2-1

I don't want to play the rpm dependencies game, which is why I left rpm distro's for a while and went to Gentoo, so I am going to remove icewm-1.2.19 and load the yoper repository package 1.2.16 and see if that helps.

Thanks again for the assistance.

Phil

Where did you get the rpm-build RPM ?
be sure to use rpm's from the install disks wherever possable.

the rpms on the install disk will have been pre-tested for conflicts.

I started out wirh redhat / fedora and moved to gentoo... and im still here, gentoo rocks.