how to create your own RPM package ( basic )

In this article we will create an rpm package frm a source tar.gz file. Here we take the example of proftpd.tar.gz

the tree stucture for rpm

|-- BUILD

|-- RPMS

|-- SOURCES

|-- SPECS

|-- SRPMS

let download proftpd in /usr/local/src and configure it in prefix /usr/local/proftp

tar -xzvf proftpd-cvs-20080928.tar.gz

./configure && make && make install

( you can configure with vairous switches .... with mysql support or ldap support )

Now we create the rpm

in the /usr/src/redhat/SPEC we we create a file called proftpd.spec with the following content

Summary: test rpm Name: test_rpm Version: 1 Release: 1 Vendor: agnello License: Test Group: o BuildRoot: /usr/local/proftpd AutoReq: no AutoReqProv: no %description This package contains nothing . %files %defattr(-, root, root) /bin /etc /include /lib /libexec /sbin /share /var

now we run a rpmbuild to build the i386 rpm package

rpmbuild -ba proftpd.spec

this will create a i386.rpm package in the /usr/src/redhat/RPM/ folder

rpm -ivh test_rpm-1-1.i386.rpm ---- this will intall the RPM package

done !!