Questions tagged [rpmbuild]
This tag is for questions about rpmbuild, a tool for building RPM packages.
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giving variables a default value in a spec file
I have a spec (myspecfile.spec) file that looks similar to
Name: package-%{myname}
Version: %{myversion}
Release: %{myrelease}
License: gpl2
Summary: this is my package
BuildArch: noarch
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Undefine CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP macro while building linux kernel image
I am wanted to build a custom kernel image in which macro CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP is not defined. After researching a little bit I found we can do such configurations in .config file.
To be more precise I ...
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rpmbuild - how to force /usr prefix in install phase?
I have a very small app that I intend to package in deb and rpm files.
The project is here: https://github.com/eantoranz/gitmod
I have moved forward locally from what I have in the repo but it's not ...
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MariaDB 10.9.* for Fedora 39 - CPack Error
I have updated my linux-server to Fedora 39 and my MariaDB doesn't work now, because old files have been generated for MariaDB 10.9, but after update it auto-install MariaDB 10.5.
What I can do in ...
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How to create a rpm according a exist one?
I want to create "snapd" rpm on HUAWEI's OS(openEuler OS), but I have no experience with rpmbuild. In snapd's github repository, there are many spec file for other Linux distribution like ...
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rpmbuild: handle naming differences of packages in different distributions
I'm writing a RPM spec file for building my software. The software depends on Crypto++. Crypto++ is named differently on different distributions, for example, on OpenSUSE, I should write
BuildRequires:...
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Spec file for rpmbuild to build gdb9 on ec2
I'm using aws's ec2 instance and I need to install a newer version of GDB (I can't use yum install since there is no newer version available for amazon RHEL).
My workflow requires to do this process ...
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Options for managing user created files in rpm spec file
How is best to handle files in an rpm spec file that may or may not exist with these specifics:
Part of the files delivered are example files under a /conf.d/ directory. The files are installed as ...
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Transition %cmake* (*.spec file) to cmake3?
I'd would like to transition an existing *.spec file from the fedora style %cmake* commands to the alternate %cmake3 based one (eg. Amazon Linux 2).
What should I replace an existing %cmake_build with ...
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error: patch 2147483647 defined multiple times
Sorry for the cryptic title, but that's exactly what I get:
bash-4.2# rpmbuild --rebuild dcmtk-3.6.7-3.fc39.src.rpm
Installing dcmtk-3.6.7-3.fc39.src.rpm
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using ...
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Is it possible to install an RPM in a RPM?
Can I create an RPM which contains and puts an RPM in a directory, and install that RPM?
How?
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Trying to build a source rpm getting: error: Architecture is not included: x86_64
When I try to build a source rpm for podman 4.5 on Alma Linux 8, I'm getting
rpmbuild --rebuild ./podman-4.5.0-1.fc39.src.rpm
Installing ./podman-4.5.0-1.fc39.src.rpm
warning: user mockbuild does not ...
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How to use an alternate toolset in rpmbuild
I am trying to compile & package the latest version of Zeek (5.0.7) for rhel 7 servers. I get an error saying the "cxx17" is required. Searching the web, I found that it is contained ...
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rpmbuild giving duplicate file error message
I am trying to build a package for syslog-ng on rhel 8 and keep getting these errors:
File listed twice: /usr/lib/.build-id/53/46b0c98ce522ee7f3ac31c3c1de3bf5f62c873
File listed twice: /usr/...
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SLES15 SP4 | Installation of a rpm package fails when %post scriplet fails with "/usr/lib/1sb/install _initd: No such file or directory"
I have a .spec file to install a rpm. I have the following snippet in post install (%post scriplet)
%post -n %{package_name}
# Enable the service at boot time
%if %{?suse_version:1}0
/usr/lib/lsb/...
