On Wednesday 13 March 2002 09:49 am, you wrote: But what I have is a filename.tar.gz and would like to make it into a rpm. A while back I knew you could type the [command] filename.tar.gz and it would then be a rpm.
So I assume the command that you just mentioned [rpm -tb xxxxx.tar.gz] would still work like I just quoted. Harold > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:26:34 -0500 > > Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You need to create a spec file for that as well. There's a howto on the > > Mandrake site. Sorry I can't remember where. > > > > Bill > > > > On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:29 pm, J. Grant wrote: > > > I don't know if there is a better way to do this? > > > > > > i got this from the dante readme > > > > > > rpm files can be generated directly from the tar.gz files. > > > Use the command 'rpm -ta dante-<version>.tar.gz' to build all rpm > > > files. > > > > > > Harold Hartley wrote: > > > > I can't quite remember the command, but I would like to take the > > > > source of a file and make it to a rpm.. > > > > Does anyone know what command I'm looking for.. > > > > I run Mandrake 8.1 > > If the src.tar.gz contains all the necessary spec info (some do and I have > run into some which do not). > > To build an rpm all you need do is: > > rpm -tb xxx.src.tar.gz > > This will create an rpm in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS for xxx in the default folder > for builds on your machine, normally i586. > > > Charles
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