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Offline klakshman03

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Source (tar) file to rpm
« on: October 06, 2007, 08:50:09 AM »
  hi grp
  Can anybody tell me   how to convert a source file which is  in tar.gz format  to .rpm format


  Thanks
laxmaN
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Offline Ricky

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Re: Source (tar) file to rpm
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 08:52:11 PM »
Why you want to do that ?
Creating RPM packages requires little advance knowledge in linux
http://genetikayos.com/code/repos/rpm-tutorial/trunk/rpm-tutorial.html
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Re: Source (tar) file to rpm
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2007, 02:09:27 AM »
1. Always use Maximum RPM tutorial as your refrence.

2. Use "rpmbuild" utility. Also if that source tarball comes with the RPM specfile "application-file.spec". Then, you are very luck. Else, you need to write one. :)

Take note that, normally if you use source RPM packages (i.e. app-1.2.3.src.i386.rpm)  from the distro itself. You are 100% lucky that it has already the spce files.
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