Compiling programs & RPM info?

[Z3K3]

Hey all,

I'm looking for some howto's on compiling software from source under YDL. Also, I would be interested to know how RPM's are made so that once I figure out how to compile from source under ppc, I can then create RPMs for distribution?

Thanks,

-- Chris

[kamika]

man rpm

here is a quick link:
http://erizo.ucdavis.edu/~dmk/notes/RPMs/Creating_RPMs.html

basically it is as always

get source
configure
compile
make rpm

[sloopy]

try going to http://www.rpm.org/ and you will find a wealth of info... including a book called 'Maximum RPM' which has just about everything you need to know...

one thing it doesnt tell you is that it is for an older version of rpm (but is still fine... i used it to learn how to make rpms) so the command 'rpm -ba etc' is now 'rpmbuild -ba etc'


sloopy.

[virgule]

I know a one-step-does-it-all way:

as root: rpmbuild -ta filename.tar.gz

The rpm will show up on /usr/src/rpm/RPMS/ppc/
along with the source in /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES/

quite clever.