[CentOS] recommended way to install source rpms?

JohnS jses27 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 11 01:23:26 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 17:36 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 18:58 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > but it's a little high-handed to not
> > explain how to do something because you've decided it's not something
> > you want *others* to know.
> 
> There is very little to explain, if all you want to do is examine the
> source.
> 
> Install rpmdevtools.  Run rpmdev-setuptree
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Really?

]$ yum search rpmdevtools
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
addons                                                   |  951 B
00:00     
base                                                     | 2.1 kB
00:00     
extras                                                   | 2.1 kB
00:00     
updates                                                  | 1.9 kB
00:00     
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Warning: No matches found for: rpmdevtools
No Matches found

John




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