On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 10:50:50AM -0300, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings all, > I am trying to build a rpm package from tar using checkinstall, > and not succeeding. > The packages I want to build are giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7.tar.gz, > gift-openft-0.2.1.3.tar.gz, and gift-gnutella-0.0.9.2.tar.gz. > > I am getting the same errors when I attempt each, so I assume > I have something amiss. > > The error for one is as follows: > ******************************************* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7]$ checkinstall > > checkinstall 1.6.0beta2, Copyright 2002 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran > This software is released under the GNU GPL. > > > > Installing with "make install"... > > ========================= Installation results =========================== > > Copying documentation directory... > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./NEWS': No such file > or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./TODO': No such file > or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./README': No such > file or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./AUTHORS': No such > file or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./INSTALL': No such > file or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./ChangeLog': No such > file or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/./COPYING': No such > file or directory > cp: preserving times for `/usr/share/doc/giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7/.': No such file or > directory > > **** Installation failed. Aborting package creation. > > Cleaning up...OK > > Bye. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] giFT-FastTrack-0.8.7]$ > ********************************************** > > Can anyone help me understand what I am missing or doing > incorrectly? I think I am using the same method as I used > under Mdk9.2 which yielded good results. > > ./configure and make go smoothly w/o errors. > > TIA for any feedback on this folks.
If your building from source (as using a .tar.gz would suggest), you need to configure and make first. So, ./configure ./make su checkinstall HTH, Todd
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