subpackage %install section?

[digimars]

Hi all.

I'm wanting to separate out the gui that is an option for an application I'm compiling.

I know that for the subpackage, I need the extra %package name, %summary, %description, and %files section, but do I also make a separate %install section as well to install the binary?

Thanks.

[PabloTwo]

No, you don't need a separate %install section for the sub-package as that should have already been done in the main %install section. Just don't duplicate any of the files in the two %files sections, one for the main package and one for the sub-package.

[digimars]

Ok, cool. That's what I was thinking.

Thanks!

[PabloTwo]

You can learn a lot by looking at the spec files for other Fedora packages. Pick a package that you know has one or more sub-packages (e.g. *-libs, *-devel, *-common) and use something like,

"yumdownloader --source ncurses" to pull down the src.rpm package.

Then, "rpm -ivh ncurses-5.9-2.20110716.fc16.src.rpm"

Then you can examine the spec file.

[digimars]

Awesome. Thanks for the tip!

[PabloTwo]

Or.. just get the spec file directly from the git repo