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Building rpm packages 2016-02-22 How to build locally an rpm package
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Setup your environment

First of all, you have to use a non-root account.

  • Create the necessary directories : mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,S{OURCE,PEC,RPM}S}
  • Tell rpmbuild where to build by adding the following in your .rpmmacros file : echo -e “%_topdir\t$HOME/rpmbuild” » ~/.rpmmacros

Building package

There are several ways to build a rpm, depending on what kind of stuff you have to deal with.

Building from a tar.gz archive containing a .spec file

Run the following on you .tar.gz archive : rpmbuild -tb memcached-1.4.0.tar.gz. When the building process ends, you will find your package in a $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/ like directory, depending on your architecture.

Building from a spec file

  • rpmbuild -v -bb ./contrib/redhat/collectd.spec
  • If you are missing some dependencies : rpmbuild -v -bb ./contrib/redhat/collectd.spec 2>&1 |awk '/is needed/ {print $1;}'|xargs yum install -y