Re: Problem with installing gnome-games-2.12

["Callum McKenzie" <callum physics otago ac nz>]

> On 9/15/05, Callum McKenzie <callum physics otago ac nz> wrote:
>
> That is true, Callum, that I used checkinstall. How can I use the
> 'rpmbuild -bb' route?  Could you please give some directions?
>
It isn't hard. These instructions will work for most things you want to
make into an RPM. They are also from memory (I haven't rolled any RPMs for
a good year) so read the manual if things don't seem to be going right.

First become root.

Now, go into the /usr/src/redhat (or /usr/src/rpm or something like that).
In there you will find directories like: RPMS, SOURCES, SPECS, SRPMS and
BUILD. Put the gnome-games tarball in the SOURCES directory and the spec
file in the SPECS directory. Go into the SPECS directory and run:

rpmbuild -bb gnome-games.spec

Replace gnome-games.spec with whatever the actual file name is for the
spec file.

Now wait. Once it is finished you should find a nice shiny RPM in the RPMS
directory (under the i386 subdirectory - or whatever architecture you are
using).

If you use the 2.10 spec file you will also need to put the
gnome-games-extra-data tarball in the SOURCES directory. Furthermore,
remove any lines that start with Patch or %patch. You may also want to
remove the lines immediately under the comment "laywers are fun" if you
want to have gnometris built. If you want to play gnome-stones, set
build_stones (at the top) to 1. I'm actually basing this advice on the 2.8
spec file, so the advice may be a little wrong, but you should be able to
work it out.

Also note that source rpms aren't built (change -bb to -ba for that) and
that if you are lucky enough to have the spec file inside the tarball you
can forget about extracting it and use -tb instead of -bb.

Good luck,

 - Callum