Rpm
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Manual Management
Install
rpm [--nodeps] -i <rpmfile>
Uninstall
rpm -e <rpmpackage>
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='s#^#mylib-1.0.1/#' *.c *.h makefile
Create a *.spec file using the following template, and store it in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/mylib.spec
:
This is helpful for the %prep
section macros.
Summary: Test library Name: mylib Version: 1.0.1 Release: 1 License: LGPLv3 #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 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib SYS_ROOT=$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
Build the RPM:
cd ~/rpmbuild rpmbuild -ba SPECS/mylib.spec
Convert *.rpm to *.deb
$ sudo apt-get install alien $ sudo alien -k mylib-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm $ ls mylib-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm mylib_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb
And install...
sudo dpkg -i mylib_10.1-1_amd64.deb