Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 03:14:45PM -0500, James B. Byrne wrote: > > >>I have built software on unix/Linuix many times, but now I want to >>move two packages that I have built on one machine to another (both >>CentOS4.2), and the time seems ripe to discover how to use rpm. >>The packages are subversion-1.3.0 and swig-1.3.28. How do I turn >>the the results of the build process into rpms? >> >>As I am a digest subscriber, the favour of a direct copy of any >>reply to the list is appreciated. >> >> > >James, > you are opening a whole can of worms here. RPM package building >is not to the faint of heart. At least if you plan to do it right. > > I would suggest you start at www.rpm.org. There are tutorials >there. After you've got a feeling on how it works, you should get >a few SRPMS from the CentOS repository, and see if you can understand >them (the specfiles). It will also give you a feel on the particularities >of rpm packages for CentOS (trust me, it will change at lot from on >distro to another). > > If you are in a hurry, you can always try to get the srpm >for an older version of the software you want to build, and start >from there. > >Best regards, and good luck > > > Also, the following links contain two articles from Red Hat Magazine that might be helpful (They certainly helped me!): Better Living through RPM part 1: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/001nov04/features/betterliving/ Better Living through RPM part 2: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/betterliving-part2/ >- -- >Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> >"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" >"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFEIfSVpdyWzQ5b5ckRAgFGAKCGvmWqiEeqmSJ5Vy4CtoepZE5G1QCguHa/ >iTrQmPpO66bao+ZtZvFb+5o= >=bjoh >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >