Creating rpm packages

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  1. Install 'rpmdevtools' and 'rpmlint' packages
  2. Use 'rpmdev-setuptree' command to create rpmbuild folder and sub-folders in current users home folder
  3. Create 'hello.txt' file using 'echo hello > ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/hello.txt'
  4. Create 'hello_world.spec' file with following contents:
    Name: hello_world
    Version: 1.0
    Release: 1%{?dist}
    Summary: Test hello world package to learn rpm
    License: GPL
    URL: http://www.sbarjatiya.com/
    Source0: hello.txt
    %description
    Just a test package to learn RPM
    %prep
    cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/hello.txt $RPM_BUILD_DIR
    %build
    %install
    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
    mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
    cp hello.txt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
    %clean
    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
    %files
    %defattr(-,root,root,-)
    /hello.txt
    %changelog
    * Tue Oct 10 2013 Saurabh Barjatiya <barjatiya.saurabh@gmail.com>
    - Created spec file for hello_world project with hello.txt file
  5. Go to '~/rpmbuild/SPECS' folder
  6. Use 'rpmbuild -ba hello_world.spec' command to create rpm file
  7. Test created rpm using 'sudo rpm -ivh ../RPMS/x86_64/hello*.rpm'
  8. Verify there is hello.txt file in / using 'ls -l /'


Steps learned using http://rpmbuildtut.wordpress.com/ and http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-build.html


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