[ale] Rpm src.rpm

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jonathan Glass wrote:
>>Can someone show me how to install one of these files
>>XXXXXXXX-X.X.X-X.src.rpm_______________________________________________
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> 
> 
> # rpm -ivh x.src.rpm <- install the src files
> # cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> # rpmbuild x.spec -bb <- compile the source files into an rpm file
> # cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
> # rpm -ivh x.i386.rpm <- install the newly compiled rpm file

Well, that sounds better than my solution. :)  Learn something new every 
day!


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