On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:29:53 -0500 Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 March 2002 09:49 am, you wrote: > > But what I have is a filename.tar.gz and would like to make it into a rpm. > A while back I knew you could type the [command] filename.tar.gz and it would > then be a rpm. > > So I assume the command that you just mentioned [rpm -tb xxxxx.tar.gz] would > still work like I just quoted. > No. If building from only a .tar.gz you will need to do as the first response noted and create a spec file for the app. After doing so you could then install by: rpm -ba mypackage.spec This will create a mypackage.rpm which would be usable by other operating with the same distro and platform. Charles
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