Build rpm-files from a src-rpm

Important: NEVER build rpms as root because the included .spec file ( a shell script) will be executed and may contain destructive executions

For building rpm-files you will need the following Directory Structure on the computer you want to build for:

/Compile/packages/ 
   BUILD 
   RPMS
   SOURCES  
   SPECS 
   SRPMS 

• Get the src.rpm file
• Put it in SRPMS
• Execute rpm -i src_rpm_file.rpm
• look in the SOURCES directory: a .gz or .tar file is placed here
• look in the SPECS directory: a .spec file is placed here... edit this file for changes or patches of the installation
• in this dir type rpm -ba specfile.spec this starts the build process
• When building has finished without errors you will find the new build rpm in the RPMS directory
  • Now Install it!

-- NikolasDoerfler - 20 Nov 2003