CentOS - Mar 2009 - (a) WinPower RPM available? (b) where to install if use tar.gz file? [Solved]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com> wrote:
> Two quick and simple questions; I want to install the "WinPower"
> software for my new UPS. On their web site, they have a tar.gz file
> available for download. I know the reasons for staying with RPM, if at
> all possible. I've Googled and Yahood for
""WinPower"+RPM+Linux and
> get hits, but no obvious RPM. I tried "yum install winpower" and
the
> response was "no package winpower available" (rpmforge is one of
the
> yum repositories I use, so it's not there, with that name).
>
I read the documentation, again, very slowly..... Their default
configuration is not set up to Shutdown the box the UPS is connected
to. Once I changed the configuration, the test went perfectly.     :-)

This wasn't the SW for me to try to "roll my own" RPM with, since
the
Source code wasn't available to me, etc.  Thanks to everyone who
replied, I have a lot more understanding about how the SW for your UPS
is configured (and why) and a little understanding of what packaging
SW involves. Much appreciated!

>This wasn't the SW for me to try to "roll my own" RPM with,
since the
>Source code wasn't available to me, etc.
You don't need source to make an rpm. You can simply use an rpm as an
organized way to distribute and keep track of files that are installed.

jlc