Questions tagged [rpmbuild]
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Bitwise OR in %define macros
While editing a spec file I came across the following line:
%define _udevdir %(pkg-config --variable udev_dir udev | %{_prefix}/lib/udev)
I'm not familiar with the rpmbuild syntax, but I assume its ...
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Build Apache rpm from tar ball on Rocky Linux 8.5
im trying to build apache rpms from source tarball
OS is Rocky Linux 8.5 with all the prerequisites
Im running :
rpmbuild -tb -sign httpd-2.4.53.tar.bz2
and the error i get :
error: Installed (but ...
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rpmbuild complains about dependencies that are there
Trying to build my own monit RPM package on SLES12 SP5 using rpmbuild, I got some error that confuses me:
> rpmbuild -ba -r ~/rpmbuild GNU/RPM/monit.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
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beginner RPM about %install and rpmbuild -bb
I am a bit confused about the install step of building a binary RPM.
I think that the install step is designed to be run when the user installs the binary package, the .rpm.
I am trying to package a ...
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creating rpm for two different hardware systems on Mageia
I am trying to build rpm that will be installed in two different hardware devices.
For each hardware , there are different files and commands that need to be done, I want the rpm to auto-detect the hw ...
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Is it possible to install RPM build on Debian?
I have a Docker-based Debian Sid build environment for Go. The build script of an is configured to build both .deb and .rpm.
The rpm build process of a component I wish to build requires though the ...
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RPM failing to install on RHEL
I am trying to install an RPM package on RHEL7.
I am getting the following error;
Fri Aug 30 05:36:55 UTC 2019--> Start Installing downloaded package...
file /etc/rc.d from install of abc....
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RPM Spec file diagnostics
I'm writing a spec file and getting slightly unexpected results when I install the rpm. I'd like to see what the install process thinks it's doing.
Contrived example, suppose I have:
%install
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How to build Kazoo RPM files from source code?
I am experimenting with kazoo and wanted to install it from source code. I am able to generate a deployable release but i am not able to build rpm from it. I heard that spec file is needed to build ...
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Why is the binary (jaeger) from the archive copied incorrectly when building rpm?
Trying to pack jaeger-all-in-one in rpm
source code here:
https://github.com/patsevanton/jaeger-all-in-one-rpm
rpm is created - but the copied binary is of a different size.
37M Nov 28 11:14 /root/...
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yum transaction error when trying to install RPM built from RPM spec file
I use a meta package to manage software and common dependencies across several lab systems, and until today, this has worked great. However, after a recent build every RPM spec file directive to copy ...
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My own rpm doesn't execute %install sequence
I built for the first time a RPM package. This RPM is a packaged front-end app, and the install only needs to move the app files and do a nginx restart. This is my spec file:
Name: my-...
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What is the last part of rpm package release field?
Example 1:
using yum info vim-enhanced I get this:
Name : vim-enhanced
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 2
Version : 7.4.629
Release : 5.el6_8.1
Size : 2.2 M
Repo : ...
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Is extracting files on %post when installing an RPM a good practice?
I'm creating an RPM to distribute a conda environment and I came up with this solution:
I was able to do it. Here's my .spec file from a Stackexchange answer.
Summarizing: I use the install phase ...
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RPM spec patch application fails
I have a spec file, which compiles fine without the patch:
build@SLES11SP4-185:~/rpmbuild/SPECS> cat testSoftware.spec
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# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
# package ...
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