rpmbuild: command not found

[Thaidog]

Do I need to install rpmbuild? After I did an su - I could not execute rpmbuild:

[root@Fedora Desktop]# su -
[root@Fedora ~]# rpmbuild
-bash: rpmbuild: command not found

What do I need to install to get rpmbuild?

[livibetter]

Use the following to find out what package contains it:

yum provides "*/rpmbuild"

[PabloTwo]

yum install rpm-build rpmdevtools

DO NOT use rpmbuild and associated rpmdevtools programs as root user. Do so only as a regular user in ~/

[sanjay_ankur]

Originally Posted by Thaidog

Do I need to install rpmbuild? After I did an su - I could not execute rpmbuild:

[root@Fedora Desktop]# su -
[root@Fedora ~]# rpmbuild
-bash: rpmbuild: command not found

What do I need to install to get rpmbuild?

hi,

From the fedoraproject page :

Setting up your system and account 

Before you create RPM packages on Fedora, you need to install some core development tools and set up the account(s) you will use. As root (don't type the "#"!): 

 # yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
 # yum install rpmdevtools

You can create a new "dummy user" specifically for creating rpm packages. That way, if something goes terribly wrong, the program or build process can't trash your files, or send your private files/keys to the world. At the very least, you should never create your packages as user root. 

You can create a new user named "makerpm" quickly by doing: 
 # /usr/sbin/useradd makerpm

Then log in as that special dummy user (makerpm). 

Once you're logged in as the user who is creating packages, create the directory structure in your home directory by executing (don't type the "$"): 
 $ rpmdev-setuptree

The "rpmdev-setuptree" program will create an "rpmbuild" directory in your $HOME directory. Underneath "rpmbuild" are a set of subdirectories (such as SPECS and BUILD), which you will use for creating your packages. The "rpmdev-setuptree" also creates an "~/.rpmmacros" file which will cause rpm and rpmbuild to use them when appropriate. 

Once you've set up the user account, you won't normally need to do these steps again.......

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packag...ngPackageHowTo

Think that'll clear your doubts..

regards,

Ankur

[ov10fac]

I tried your instructions and they do not work. When I attempt to execute rpmdev-setuptree as a user I get "command not found"

Thanks

[Firewing1]

As PabloTwo mentioned earlier you need to install the 'rpmdevtools' package as well.