On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:29:53 -0500
Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
No.
If building from only a .tar.gz you will need to do as the first response noted and
create a spec file for the app.
After doing so you could then install by:
rpm -ba mypackage.spec
This will create a mypackage.rpm which would be usable by other operating with the
same distro and platform.
Charles
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