Re: How to make .rpm packages from the source code?

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:06:14AM +0800, Yan Peng wrote:
> redhat-install-list:
> 
> 	 I often download the source code of some tools and then make and install it. But I don't know how to compile the source code into .rpm package?
> 	Would you please give me some advice?
> 
>  				
> 
> Yan Peng
> yanpeng mx cei gov cn
> 2004-01-09

There's not really any reason to turn it into an RPM.  I recommend you
take the defaults and

  ./configure
  make
  make install # as root

That will install it in the /usr/local directory tree.

If you really must make an RPM, study the HOWTO for it:

http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/index.html

Cheers,
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