On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:27 -0800 (PST), nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Faheem Mitha said: >> Dear People, > >> In case anyone is wondering, I am trying to install the src rpm in order >> to compile it, an operation I had earlier successfully done on my home >> computer. > > > I am no RPM expert but anytime I wanted to compile a source rpm I did > > rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm > > its worked well for almost every package, is this not the right > way ? Yes, but before it can compile, it has to first install the source rpm. > after it's compiled it usually dumps a binary rpm somewhere in > /usr/src/rpms. Yes, this is what should happen in theory. However, this does not work either, at least on the new computer. I get similar errors, ie. laplace:/home/faheem# rpm --rebuild plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm Installing plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/rpm/SOURCES error: plugger-4.0-17.src.rpm cannot be installed It works fine on my home computer. I'll try this on another computer and see if I can reproduce this behaviour. Faheem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]