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i would like to package up an rpm from pre-installed files, say i have a program called "widget" installed under "/opt/widget"
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2. AIX
dears
i am trying to install the autoconf-2.63-1.aix6.1.noarch.rpm but its shows the below error message .
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I m referring below article for creating rpm.
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5. Red Hat
I would like to package my developed application and deploy it using RPM to my users. Understand that RHEL5 has the following directories created:
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD
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How to make RPM not write to RPM database if RPM fails to deploy?
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if
then
exit 1
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guru,s/Geek,s
I need help to create RPM names from rpms.
Example :
a2ps-4.14-6.fc10.i386
perl-Email-Find-0.10-2.fc10.noarch
directfb-1.2.7-2.fc10.i386
libid3tag-0.15.1b-7.fc10.i386
apr-util-1.3.7-1.fc10.i386
libquicktime-1.0.3-4.fc10.i386
The Desired Output is :
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I have a software bundle for which I want to create an installer. One of the things I am also looking at, is to be able to install this straight from a CD or any external storage device. How do I go about creating one? This is for Linux.
Any advice is welcome !!
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
Can someone explain what's the difference between rpm, pkg and debian installer and what is the advantage of one above the other?
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TAP2RPM(1) TAP2RPM(1)
NAME
tap2rpm - create RPM packages which wrap .tap files
SYNOPSIS
tap2rpm [options]
DESCRIPTION
Create a set of RPM/SRPM packages in the current directory
-t, --tapfile <tapfile>
Build the application around the given .tap (default twistd.tap)
-y, --type <type>
The configuration has the given type . Allowable types are tap, source, xml and python. The first three types are mktap output for-
mats, while the last one is a manual building of application (see twistd(1), the -y option).
-p, --protocol <protocol>
The name of the protocol this will be used to serve. This is intended as a part of the description. Default is the name of the tap-
file, minus any extensions.
-d, --rpmfile <rpmfile>
The name of the RPM package. Default is 'twisted-'+protocol.
-V, --set-version <version>
The version of the RPM package. The default is 1.0
-e, --description <description>
The one-line description. Default is uninteresting.
-l, --long_description <long_description>
A multi-line description. Default is explanation about this being an automatic package created from tap2rpm.
-m, --maintainer <maintainer>
The maintainer, as "Name Lastname <email address>". This will go in the meta-files.
--version
Output version information and exit.
AUTHOR
tap2rpm was written by Sean Reifschneider based on tap2deb by Moshe Zadka. This man page is heavily based on the tap2deb man page by Moshe
Zadka.
REPORTING BUGS
To report a bug, visit http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedDevelopment#FilingTickets for more information.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
July 2001 TAP2RPM(1)