Convert GitBook from deb to rpm (tested on Fedora 26/27)

gitbook-to-rpm.md

Convert deb to rpm

$ sudo alien -r --keep-version gitbook-editor-7.0.12-linux-x64.deb
$ rpmrebuild -pe gitbook-editor-7.0.12-1.x86_64.rpm

Delete unnecessary lines in rpm spec

Requires:      libnode.so()(64bit)
Requires:      libffmpeg.so()(64bit)
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/opt"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/bin"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/lib/.build-id"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/lib/.build-id/0c"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/lib/.build-id/b1"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/share"
%dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/share/applications"

Check rpm file

$ rpmlint ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/gitbook-editor-7.0.12-1.x86_64.rpm

Install OpenSSL 1.0

OpenSSL 1.0 in Fedora x86_64 (23,24 and 25)

$ wget http://bt0.ninja/rpm/openssl-lib-compat-1.0.0i-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo dnf install openssl-lib-compat-1.0.0i-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm

Thanks for putting this together. Its rpmlint not rpnmlint

Thanks! Fixed typo

I'm on Fedora 27.
When I try to launch it, I get this error:
The git manager process has crashed.

It's a shame that the procedure is so complex for non-deb distribution.

@dmarrazzo, do not forget to install OpenSSL 1.0

Thanks for the description. I still have some problems.
On rpmlint:

rpmlint /home/david/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/gitbook-editor-7.0.12-1.x86_64.rpm
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: non-standard-group Converted/editors
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: no-changelogname-tag
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: invalid-license see /usr/share/doc/gitbook-editor/copyright
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: no-url-tag
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath /opt/gitbook-editor/editor ['$ORIGIN', '$ORIGIN/lib/']
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: executable-stack /opt/gitbook-editor/editor
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: missing-call-to-chdir-with-chroot /opt/gitbook-editor/editor
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: no-documentation
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/LICENSE
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/LICENSES.chromium.html
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/content_resources_200_percent.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/content_shell.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/editor
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/icon.png
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/icudtl.dat
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/libffmpeg.so
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/libnode.so
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/am.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ar.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/bg.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/bn.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ca.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/cs.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/da.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/de.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/el.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/en-GB.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/en-US.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/es-419.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/es.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/et.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/fa.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/fake-bidi.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/fi.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/fil.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/fr.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/gu.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/he.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/hi.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/hr.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/hu.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/id.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/it.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ja.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/kn.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ko.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/lt.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/lv.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ml.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/mr.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ms.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/nb.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/nl.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/pl.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/pt-BR.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/pt-PT.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ro.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ru.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/sk.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/sl.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/sr.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/sv.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/sw.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/ta.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/te.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/th.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/tr.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/uk.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/vi.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/zh-CN.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/locales/zh-TW.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/natives_blob.bin
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/resources
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/resources/app.asar
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/resources/default_app.asar
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/resources/electron.asar
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/snapshot_blob.bin
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/ui_resources_200_percent.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/version
gitbook-editor.x86_64: E: dir-or-file-in-opt /opt/gitbook-editor/views_resources_200_percent.pak
gitbook-editor.x86_64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary gitbook-editor
1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 78 errors, 6 warnings.

And when I try to install the rpn again. I still get the message:

Error: 
 Problem: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides libnode.so()(64bit) needed by gitbook-editor-7.0.12-1.x86_64

Though I removed this line on the rpmrebuild:

Requires:      libnode.so()(64bit)

Probably I'm missing something. But I cannot find it...

@signedav, ignore the messages from rpmlint and make sure to remove all requires libnode.so from RPM spec file.