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SuSE Linux: Versions since 5.1
You plan to compile a source package that came with your SuSE Linux
All source packages are located in series "zq
". They all have the
extension .spm
. These packages are the so called
Source-RPMs. As you might have guessed already compiling, packaging and
installing is done by rpm
.
The base packages of series "d
" (Development) need to be
installed. If you plan to compile X applications make sure that the packages
in series "xdev
" (Development under X11) are installed either.
The working directories of the rpm
need to be setup (as far as no
settings have been made, e.g. in /etc/rpmrc)
SOURCES
.tar.gz
)as well
as the specific adaptions of the distribution(.dif
-Files).SPECS
.spec
files. These serve as a sort
of Meta-Makefiles for the build
process.BUILD
RPMS
CAUTION: Please do not experiment with RPM using important and vital system components (libc
,rpm
,nkit
, etc.). You might damage your system!
If you install a source package from "zq
" with YaST the
components that are needed for the build
will be installed under
/usr/src/packages
, the sources themselves and the
adaptions are located in SOURCES
,the .spec
in
SPECS
.
Now lets have a look at an example. We install the package
wget.spm
. After the actual installation the following files have
been installed:
/usr/src/packages/SPECS/wget.spec /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-1.4.5.dif /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wget-1.4.5.tar.gz
To start the compile process invoke rpm -b <X>
/usr/src/packages/SPECS/wget.spec
. Here <X>
may be one
of the options listed below:
rpm -b <X> /usr/src/packages/SPECS/wget.spec
starts the
compiling process; <X>
stands for different stages
(see the --help
-Output or the RPM documentation). Here's a
short extract:
-bp
/usr/src/packages/BUILD
:
extract and pathc-bc
-bp
, but compile additionally-bi
-bc
, but install files afterwards;
Attention, if a package does not supply the
BuildRoot
-Feature, it is possible that you will overwrite
important configuration files!-bb
-bi
, but will also create a binary-RPM package.
If successful, you will find it in /usr/src/packages/RPMS
.-ba
-bb
, but will also create the source RPM.
If successful, you will find it in /usr/src/packages/SRPMS
.
The Option --short-circuit
enables you to skip certain steps.
The freshly created RPM binary may be installed by entering rpm -i
...
or even better with rpm -U ...
(thus it wil make its
way into the RPM database.
Further info about RPM can be found in the Book "Maximum RPM" which is also available in PostScript on http://www.rpm.org an in the RPM-HOWTO.
You try to install an .spm
but get an error message as:
cannot write to ///usr/src/redhat/SOURCES error: /cdrom/suse/zq1/tetex.spm cannot be installed
Remove /etc/rpmrc
(or adapt it to /usr/lib/rpmrc
).
The easiest way is to enter:
rm /etc/rpmrc
See also:
Keywords: SOURCES, SRC, PACKAGE, SPM, SRPM, RPM, COMPILE, COMPILING, ZQ
Categories:
Applications
, Package
Feedback welcome: Send Mail to ke@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-ke_source-rpm
)
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