How can I build an RPM package in a Debian based system?

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I'd like to build packages using a build system (i.e. jenkins, travis, etc) but all I have are Ubuntu 12.04 VMs.

I've found this [1] instructions but mach does not support CentOS 7.0.

[1] http://blog.burghardt.pl/2008/12/how-to-build-rpm-packages-in-centos-chroot-on-debian/

Debian provides tools, but it's been a while (years) since I've seen them deliver a workable RPM configuration. — Thomas Dickey, Mar 28 '15 at 11:34
@ThomasDickey the RPMs built using `rinse` are working quite well (in my case at least). — Sergio Oliveira, Mar 30 '15 at 12:28

score 16 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 25 '20 at 13:34

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http://mojo.codehaus.org/rpm-maven-plugin/ <- rpm plugin for the maven build system

sudo apt-get install rpm # for Ubuntu

Check out the command that it installs called rpmbuild.

edited Nov 25 '20 at 13:34

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answered Mar 13 '15 at 18:05

Andrew Cassidy

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score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '15 at 21:24

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Found it! There is actually a tool called rinse: "Rinse is a simple tool which is designed to carry out the installation of a new RPM-based distribution".

rinse --distribution="centos-7" --directory="/tmp/centos-7"

http://collab-maint.alioth.debian.org/rinse/

answered Mar 13 '15 at 21:24

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While this seems to answer your _actual_ question - after all you're the author of the question - this does not answer the question you asked. That's, however, answered by the other answer which points out that `rpm` can be installed on Debian/Ubuntu as well. – 0xC0000022L Dec 15 '17 at 13:35

How can I build an RPM package in a Debian based system?

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