Aaron Konstam wrote: > 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 And, for what's probably the zillionth time on this list, it is never desirable to install or build source rpms as root. Instead, install and build as a normal user. You can use the handy rpmdev-setuptree script from the rpmdevtools package to create the directory structure and config file needed for this. See the draft building packages guide for more info: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/BuildingPackagesGuide -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. -- H. L. Mencken
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