On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Todd Zullinger wrote: > 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 and ... http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook#Package_management_with_yum_and_rpm rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================
