[olug] rpm -bb option

[Jon Larsen]

Daryl,

Using the rpm -bb option assumes that you have already installed the rpm
package using rpm -ivh.  In the case of using Red Hat, after you have
installed the src rpm, cd to /usr/src/redhat, then run rpm -bb
SPECS/whatever.spec

Or, to save a few steps do this:

rpm --rebuild program.1.1.1.src.rpm

This will install, build, and write out the new rpm(s) to
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/archtype

where archtype can be athlon, i386, etc.

(note - you may have more than one binary rpm file when finished)

Hope that helps....
Jon L.


On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jazz Lover wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:40:11 -0500
> From: Jazz Lover <jzlvr at home.com>
> Reply-To: olug at bstc.net
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: [olug] rpm -bb option
>
> Has anyone every built a binary rpm package to install?  I found a site that has all of the drivers for the different network cards.  They're all bundled together in a rpm package.  The instructions say to use rpm -bb to build a binary of the rpm, but I get an error message that says "This does not appear to be an specfile".  Inside the rpm are two files.  One is the spec file, while the other is a .gz file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Daryl Rose
> jzlvr at home.com
>

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