Thorsten Kampe wrote: > Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not > included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used > rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for > security and compatibility to reasons. > > So what is the recommended way to get and install "non official" > packages that are not part of the repository?! There are some 3rd party repositories I trust - such as EPEL. I add their repo and yum install. However - there are other packages not available. I tend to grab the src.rpm - I then install the src.rpm in my local user directory and inspect the spec file. Often they need adjustment - especially if they use distro specific macros. If I'm paranoid (don't trust the packager) I skim every patch and redownload the source from upstream. Then I rebuild the src.rpm from my modified spec file - and then feed the rebuilt src.rpm through mock.