Re: How to install source rpm's on redhat 9

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On Monday 21 April 2003 09:24 pm, Darren R. Weber wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I didn't really see anyone answer this directly for you.  If you
> already know then I appologise.

That's OK, it wasn't my question. ;)
I was just clarifying the link to the sourceforge site for whichcd.

> I don't know all the ins and outs of rpms but usually for a source rpm
> like you mentioned you can just run:
> "rpmbuild --rebuild filename.src.rpm"
> run it as root then if you check in the /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
> directory you will find the compiled rpm.

You really shouldn't build RPMs as root. It's just an invitation for 
disaster. Settting up a non root rpm build environment is simple, and 
will save you when you make a mistake in a spec file that results in an 
'rm -rf /'

Instructions and a script to set it up:
http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/hack.html

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