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Helpful resources for RPM building

RPM Building for Dummies

RPM building is a little complicated, but here's a variety of resources and snippets for making things easier.

Links

Commands

Packages to install to get your development environment happy:

yum install -y rpm-build rpmdevtools yum-utils

Set up the RPM development tree in a VM or machine:

rpmdev-setuptree

Start a new specfile and follow the prompts:

rpmdev-newspec

Download all sources within a specfile:

spectool -g -R name.spec

Install the build dependencies within a specfile:

yum-builddep -y name.spec

Build an RPM using a specfile:

rpmbuild -ba name.spec

Check a specfile for problems (requires rpmlint installation):

rpmlint name.spec

Worked examples

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