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rpmbuild command used to build rpms from rpm SPEC files

rpmbuild is the command used to build rpms from a rpm SPEC file.

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compile gdb source rpm with symbols using rpmbuild

I want to make gdb rpm from gdb.spec file using rpmbuld which I can do without any problem but now in addition to that i want GDB to be complied with symbols so that when gdb is being attached to itself I should know the exact call flow and where…
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wxPython src rpm build fails

I wanted to install wxPython2.8-2.8.12.1-1.src.rpm on my Centos6 box with the src rpm provided here http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/ I did this as root: rpmbuild --rebuild wxPython2.8-2.8.12.1-1.src.rpm and in the…
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Buildrequiring a subpackage by another subpackage?

I'm trying to build an RPM of Google's protobuf, including the protobuf-python subpackage. Now, this is no problem until i want to build the python subpackage with PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=cpp python setup.py build. This requires the…
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how can I create an RPM from a subdir?

I have a subdir my_sw that has an image of what I want to install: my_sw/ usr/ bin/ foo man/ man1/ foo.1 and so on. I imagine there must be a simple way to create a spec file and use rpmbuild to package this up as…
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Multi-architectural binary rpm and the noarch

I have two (32-bit and 64-bit) versions of a compiled software which I would like to package into ONE binary RPM. I am wondering if 'noarch' target is suitable for this purpose or there are better alternatives? The only issue with 'noarch' that I…
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How to Require node.js in a RPM Specfile?

While building an RPM package, how can I use Requires or some similar tag to specify node.js version 0.10.28 or greater as a prerequisite? It's not in the default repositories, and it's possible the user has built it from source. I've looked around…
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Forking a rpm into two

I need to fork a rpm into two rpm because of being two separate products. Formerly both product were using "reporter.rpm". Now, they will use "reporter-product1.rpm" and "reporter-product2.rpm", respectively. These rpm's will be required by a base…
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spec file requires rpm-build... change requires dependent on os-release?

I'm building a spec file that requires /usr/bin/rpmbuild to be installed. Under Opensuse13.1 that is very simple: I just add this line in my spec file: Requires: rpm-build and this works nicely on Opensuse13.1 Yet When I try to build and install…
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warnings during uninstallation of a package which contains .tmp files on redhat 7

I have created a package which has .tmp file. During unistallation of that package on red hat 7, I am getting warnings as below. # rpm -e package_name warning: file file_loc/abc.tmp: remove failed: No such file or directory But, on other releases…
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rpm -i installs over installed version of the same software

I created a rpm based on the following spec Name : MyProg Summary : A program I wrote Version : 4.3.6.6797 Release : 1 rpmbuild creates a file called MyProg-4.3.6.6797-1.x86_64 and I installed it on my machine using rpm -i However after…
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bash script: how to compare version numbers

I wrote a wrapper for rpmbuild that creates the source.tgz file in the ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/. However when I use this script on an older operating system; rpm's are built in /usr/src/.... So inside my bash script I would like to get the version number…
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named pipe in rpmbuild

I need to set the permissions of a file in rpm as a named pipe. We deploy configuration files with some fancy rpm magic (%postun, %triggerin and %triggerun are used to mpve aside old config files and restore the m if needed). As part of the…
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Can you use RPM to distribute a *.bin file

I've never had to do this and I'm not really sure you can do it or not. But can I use RPM to distribute an already created *.bin file (a Linux self extracting binary files). My scenario is this, we use RPM to distribute all of our software. I have a…
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Create .rpm package for java - any automatic software?

I want to create an RPM package for a java application. I have never done rpm packages and i still do not quite understand how to do it manually. Is there a software that can do this (or at least most of it) automatically ?. Currently if user wants…
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Build customized RPM for sqlite3 with rtree extension

I have the case that I'm using the sqlite3 database which is installed on the Red Hat Linux distribution. Additionally to the sqlite3 database I need the rtree extension. By default this is not supported but could easily recompiled by a developer to…
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