How-To: enable non-root mode in X-CD-Roast

PeTzZz · #1 2005-01-20, 08:38 AM CST

By default X-CD-Roast is compiled with disabled non-root mode. Here are the steps to get X-CD-Roast with enabled non-root mode:

Open the terminal and become root:
Code:
```
su -
```
If X-CD-Roast is already installed, you should uninstall it:
Code:
```
yum remove xcdroast
```
Download X-CD-Roast's source rpm found here (xcdroast-0.98a15-8.src.rpm; if there is a newer version available at the moment you are reading this how-to then next steps are similar, you just have to change xcdroast-0.98a15-8 to what it is in your case at the moment; notice that it is Fedora Core 3's repo).
In terminal change the path to where did you download that source rpm:
Code:
```
cd /the/path/where/you/downloaded/it
```
Now install that source rpm:
Code:
```
rpm -ivh xcdroast-0.98a15-8.src.rpm
```
Change the path to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS :
Code:
```
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
```
Open xcdroast.spec with an text editor:
Code:
```
gedit xcdroast.spec
```
and on the line 37 change --disable-nonrootmode to --enable-nonrootmode. Then save and exit.
Then run the command:
Code:
```
rpmbuild -bb xcdroast.spec
```
After that change the path to /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ :
Code:
```
cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
```
Install the package we just made:
Code:
```
rpm -ivh xcdroast-0.98a15-8.i386.rpm
```

That is it! But now you have to open X-CD-Roast as root and configure it. Otherwise you cannot use the non-root mode. Just run the command xcdroast in the terminal as being root and then everything should be easy already (don't forget to press the 'Enable non-root mode button').

I hope you found it helpful! If you find any mistakes, please let me know.

Happy burning!

PeTzZz

BoHu · #2 2005-03-10, 12:29 PM CST

When I try to install the source rpm (rpm -ivh xcdroast-0.98a15-8.src.rpm), I get the following error message:

cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

BoHu · #3 2005-03-10, 12:40 PM CST

I went and created the dir manually and that allowed me to install the source. But when I try to build I now get THIS error message:

bash: rpmbuild: command not found

if this is the typical Linux experience then Microsoft is going to stay in business for a long long time :-(

PeTzZz · #4 2005-03-14, 12:17 PM CST

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoHu

But when I try to build I now get THIS error message:
bash: rpmbuild: command not found

You have to install rpm-build to be able to rebuild rpms:

Code:

yum install rpm-build

If you are going to compile programs, rebuild rpms and so on, then it is always useful to install Development Tools with the Add/Remove Programs tool that you can find from the System Settings menu.