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On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 11:18:49AM +0100, Vincent Penquerc'h wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 02:22:00AM +0000, George Foot wrote:
> > This is the Right way to do it; we get working upgrades,
> > a correct RPM database, etc. The only problem is that it's
> > less simple to install now; it's really not very
> > complicated, but for people who only ever install binary
> > RPMs it might be a bit more of a problem because it's a
> > break from what, for them, is the norm.
>
> Sorry to be intrusive on a subject I don't know, but ...
> What are the differences between installing an RPM and an SRPM ?
To install an RPM you say `rpm -hiv ...', which installs the
binaries in the RPM. There are several things you can do with
an SRPM -- you can install it just like that, which puts files
in various subdirectories of /usr/src/redhat/... (e.g. SOURCES
and SPECS), from which you can build binary RPMs which you can
then install as normal. Or you can just say `rpm --rebuild
....', in which case it installs the SRPM, creates the binary
RPMs, and then uninstalls the SRPM again. After that you rerun
`rpm' as above to install the binary RPMs.
George