Rpm

Building an RPM package

Create the following directory structure:

mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES ~/rpmbuildrpm/SPECS

Create a tar file containing the source code, named like so: <packagename>-<version>.tgz

tar -cavf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/mylib-1.0.1.tgz --transform='#^#mylib-1.0.1/#s' *.c *.h makefile

Create a *.spec file using the following template:

Summary: Test library
Name: mylib
Version: 1.0.1
Release: 1
License: LGPL
#BuildRequires: make, gcc, binutils, coreutils, gzip
Group: System/Libraries
Source: mylib-1.0.1.tgz
 
BuildRoot: /ver/tmp/${name}-buildroot
 
%description
Test library
 
%prep
%setup -q
 
%build
make configure
make
 
%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib
sudo SYS_ROOT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make install
 
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
%files
/usr/lib/libmy.a
/usr/lib/libmy.a.1.0.1
/usr/lib/libmy.so
/usr/lib/libmy.so.1.0.1
/usr/lib/libmy.so.1.0.1.dbg
/usr/include/my.h
 
%changelog
* Wed May 30 2012 Attie Grande <attie@attie.co.uk>
- created RPM build infrastructure