stan wrote: > On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:17:02 -0800 > JD<jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is there an online source code browser for Fedora Packages? > > I've never heard of such a thing, and it would be a big project. I > hope someone knows of one, it would be convenient. > > As far as I'm aware, the way to do this is to create a build tree in > your home directory, > rpmdev-setuptree > and then get the src.rpm package, > yumdownloader --source<package name> > and install it in the build tree, as a user. > rpm -ivh<package name> > Once this is done, move to the SPEC directory, > cd ~/rpmbuild/SPEC > and run the rpmbuild command to unpack everything. > rpmbuild -bp<package name>.spec > At this point the source will be unpacked in > ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/<package name> > You can then look at it with the editor of your choice.
Thank you for the concise description of how to do this, I'm going to use it (with attribution) the next time someone hits me with "how do I..." on building from source. -- Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
