[Gllug] updating from source

[Allen Wayne]

The problem with that is a number of the packages I have to install are
either not in RPM form, or are so out of date it's a waste of time
installing them

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hearns [mailto:john.hearns at clustervision.com] 
Sent: 14 October 2003 08:08
To: Greater London Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Gllug] updating from source


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Wayne wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> if I update an app from source, do I have anyway of adding this 
> install to the system in such a way that utils such as fou4s and 
> suse-update will pickup any necessary updates??

Easiest thing to do is download the source RPM.

If you use apt-for-rpm just apt-get source  packagname
Or go to rpmfind.net, search for the package, then download the srpm.

Once you have that, then go to the directory the spec files are in. rpmbuild
is the command to build the rpm from the srpm Consult the man page, you need
something like: rpmbuild -bb --target PLATFORM


Once the rpm pops out the other end, just intall as normal using rpm -Uvh Or
use yast and set the install directory to where the rpm is on disk.


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