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What is the difference between RPM and SRC RPM?
src. rpm is an rpm (RedHat Package Manager = RPM) package which has the source code of a program inside, whereas plain . rpm is an rpm package which has the binary files of a program inside.
Where does SRC RPM install?
When a source RPM is installed, the source tarballs, patches, and auxilliary files will be installed under a top level directory. This directory is called topdir .
Can I delete var lib rpm packages?
The /var/lib/rpm contains the RPM database and info so I advice you not to mess with it. That database holds all information the RPM command has about your system, installed packages, etc… That’ll delete all downloaded packages from previous installations.
How to patch and rebuild an RPM Package?
Since the rpmbuild process will delete the original extracted source and start from scratch when building packages, you’ll want to do your work on a copy of the source with a different name. So if extracting package-1.0.tar.gz creates a directory named package-1.0/, make a copy named something like package-1.0p/ and make your changes there.
Can You rebuild SRPMs from a rpm file?
Although you may save it to the SRPMS directory in your RPM building tree, you should probably avoid that since the file may end up being overwritten when you build the RPM again. Note: Although you may have success with rebuilding and using SRPMs from other distros, it is not guaranteed that you will.
How to build a signed rpm from scratch?
I have already written article to build a signed rpm from scratch by building a source archive using Red Hat Linux, now in this article I will share the steps to rebuild rpm using source rpm. The source rpm can be collected from official page of respective distribution. In this article I will use httpd source rpm to rebuild the httpd rpm
Where is the RPM file saved in rpmbuild-BA?
The rpmbuild -ba command will run through all the steps of the RPM building process, and at the end it will create an RPM package file (which will be saved under ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386, or the directory appropriate for your architecture), and also a new SRPM file (which will be saved under ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS).