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How to create an RPM from source with spec file
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# How to create an RPM from source with spec file | |
# This is for Redhat versions of linux. Sometimes when you search for an rpm package, | |
# it is either outdated or not available. The only thing available is the source code. | |
# You can create a custom RPM package from source. | |
# | |
# For this example, I'll be using the latest version of Git, currently v.1.7.7.3 | |
# Step: 1 | |
# Install rpmbuild | |
yum install -y rpm-build | |
# Step: 2 | |
# Create rpmbuild folders in your home directory | |
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS} | |
# Step: 3 | |
# Download the source file | |
# | |
# Source files are usually available in tar.gz or tar.bz2 format. Create a src folder | |
# in your home directory to store your files, download the file, uncompress it and | |
# move the compressed file to the rpm build SOURCES directory | |
mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src | |
wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.7.3.tar.gz | |
tar -xzvf git-1.7.7.3.tar.gz | |
mv git-1.7.7.3.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES | |
# Step: 4 | |
# Locate .spec file and build rpm | |
# | |
# If you get any errors during build, it is usually because of dependencies. Simply | |
# install the dependencies with `yum install [dependency]` and run rpmbuild again. | |
cd ~/src/git-1.7.7.3 | |
make git.spec | |
rpmbuild -ba git.spec |
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