Hi, I have CentOS 4.3. On install, I chose the 'Personal Desktop' option without bothering about customizing. I'm on dialup, so I try to choose a mixture of rpm and yum, e. g. I do 'yum install something', take a peek at what is needed, and then install as much as I can from the CD's using rpm -ivh. I want to build an app (cdlabelgen and its frontend gtkcdlabel) from a source RPM, since the binary has a few encoding weirdnesses. I've never built a source RPM (using Slack before), now I wonder: what tools (packages) do I need for this, besides rpm-build, gcc, autoconf etc.? Niki Kovacs
--- Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:> I want to build an app (cdlabelgen and its frontend > gtkcdlabel) from a source > RPM, since the binary has a few encoding > weirdnesses. I've never built a source > RPM (using Slack before), now I wonder: what tools > (packages) do I need for > this, besides rpm-build, gcc, autoconf etc.? > > Niki Kovacs1. Search google for "how to rpmbuild". I can see excellent documents on the subject. 2. Do the following command to install the development tools. # yum groupinstall "Development Tools" See man yum for more info. 3. Install the fedora-rpmdevtools to build rpms as non-root. 4. Enjoy! __________________________________________________ Improve the mailing list by performing a simple search before posting and reading the FAQ/etiquette. Protect the integrity of your installation with the yum plugins. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com