Use Checkinstall Re: [wplug] tarballs to RPMs

[Robert Coutch]

I'm checking out checkinstall but it may not work for me since SuSE uses
rpm -t  to build instead of rpm-build.
I'll see how it works out. Just downloaded it.

I thought maybe RPM would have something built-in to handle tarballs directly.


Thanks,

Bob

On Saturday 03 January 2004 04:12 pm, Patryk Laurent wrote:
> 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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