On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 15:54, Piko Neal wrote: > 1. What is the appropriate way to install a .src.rpm and a tar.gz? For src.rpm:s I do "rpmbuild --rebuild --clean filename.src.rpm" logged in as an ordinary user (you have to set up a .rpmmacros file and set up a file tree in your home directory, http://freshrpms.net/docs/fight/ will give you some hints.) I then do "rpm -Uvh ~/redhat/RPMS/i386/file.i386.rpm" or whatever the created file is named. For tar.gz it is a bit more complicated. First untar with "tar xvfz filename.tar.gz" (NOTE, first check with "tar tvfz filename.tzr.gz" if the files will be unpacked in the current directory, or a new one, if they unpack in the current directory, create a directory and cd into it and unpack there) Then go down in this directory and look for files named INSTALL, README, or something like that. Usually the steps are; configure, make, and make install, and the files usually end up in /usr/local/some_directory. Lars -- Lars E. Pettersson <lars@xxxxxxxx> http://www.sm6rpz.se/
