On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 16:41 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 16:28 -0600, Gabriel M. Elder wrote: > > I've spent some time trying to find a way to install source rpms from > > the source repos using yum and yumex, thus far to no avail. The various > > internet search engines didn't turn up anything really useful regarding > > this. > > > > I've enabled the fedora-source repository by manually editing > > the /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo file. I came across a suggestion to add > > the line: "repo_exclude =" to /etc/yumex.conf, which allows all repos to > > be listed in the "Repository Selection View" in yumex. I was surprised > > to learn that yumex does not show the source and debuginfo repos in this > > list by default, even if they are enabled. > > > > I've checked out the man page, but apparently there is no command-line > > option for yum to tell it to install a given source package. Nor have I > > been able to find any sort of gui control in yumex that would assist me > > towards this end. Pirut doesn't seem to offer this feature, either. > > > > This is almost making me want to use apt (which seems faster overall, > > anyway). > > > > So... what am I missing here, folks? Is it possible to install a source > > rpm from a source repo via yum or yumex? If so, how? Has this capability > > just not been implemented yet? Or should i just wget what i need and > > forget about using yum to fetch sources? > > > > tia, > > - gabriel > > > yum will not install source rpms as far as I know. You can download the > src rpm: x.src.rpm > then run: rpm -i x.src.rpm > which will put a file : x.spec in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS > Then run: rpmbuild -bb x.spec > which will put a rpm: x.rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS > That rpm can be installed as usual: rpm -i x.rpm > -- Well I guess I am wrong but I don't understand Rahul's procedure. -- ======================================================================= U X e dUdX, e dX, cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159... ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
