Use Checkinstall Re: [wplug] tarballs to RPMs

[Patryk Laurent]

Hey Bob,

Try checkinstall -- when you use it, it creates an RPM (so that you can
re-install and uninstall).  That is, you do:  ./configure; make;
checkinstall; to get your RPM.

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

Patryk



On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Robert Coutch wrote:

> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:04:13 -0500
> From: Robert Coutch <robert.coutch at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: [wplug] tarballs to RPMs
> 
> Any one here ever turned tarballs into RPM's?
> I'm trying to get started doing this.
> I looked at KRPMbuilder but I'm not sure it even works.
> I have a source tarball that compiles fine using ./configure then make (it's 
> MPlayer).
> 
> I tried:
> 
> rpm -ta --target athlon-SuSE-linux MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar
> 
> but got the error:
> 
> Building for target athlon-SuSE-linux
> line 1: Unknown tag: name       mplayer_wine
> 
> Can an RPM be made as simply as I can run ./configure, make and make install 
> on a tarball?
> 
> 
> Thanks for any tips on this,
> 
> Bob
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