[plug] rpm commands

Richard rbarnes at westnet.com.au
Tue Oct 8 15:59:54 WST 2002


> >I have just installed RedHat 8 on my system, but due to the Kyro2
chipset
> on
> >my graphics card I have to install specific drivers to get x working.
> Since
> >the rpm's are not upto rh8 yet, I'm using the source rpm's. In
Mandrake
> the
> >command I use is rpm --rebuild <driver.src.rpm>, but in redhat I get
an
> error
> >message that the command --rebuild does not exist. I have looked
through
> the
> >list, using --help, but I can't see anything relating to src
building.
> Could
> >someone tell me what command would work to build the rpm file on
redhat
> >instead of --rebuild?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> In RedHat 8.0, all the build commands have been removed from 'rpm' and
> placed into 'rpmbuild'
> 
> So, where
> $ rpm --rebuild x.src.rpm
> used to work, now you must use
> $ rpmbuild --rebuild x.src.rpm
> 
> This caught me out for quite a while after installing 8.0, too.
> 
> Cheers
> Luke

Thanks :)




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