Eduardo, You may want to take a look at checkinstall to create RPM's from tarballs automatically. It isn't as good as creating one manually, but it gets the job done. The benefit is that you can uninstall an RPM very easily and cleanly. It also makes upgrading a snap.
The checkinstall website is here: http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ And I have written a tutorial last year. You can find it here: http://www.gnuguy.com/linux/checkinstall.htm The tutorial includes screenshots and everything you need to make your own RPM's automatically. Trevor -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shaw, Marco Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:38 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: RPM and source tarballs >My question, for somebody with more experience than me, is: >Is the rpm package management system incompatible with compilation/installation >directly from source? >Could this be solved by a 'rpm --rebuilddb' after compiling the sources? Please use text and not HTML to send emails to any mailing lists. Yes, RPM package management is incompatible with stand alone source tarballs. There is an an rpm-list mailing list, and also www.rpm.org if you wish to look into creating your own RPM packages. Marco -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
