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-RPM-for-Unix HOW-TO
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-!!!RPM-for-Unix HOW-TO
-
-!!Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan)
-alavoor
[[AT
]yahoo.comv1.8, 27 Mar 2002
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-''This document will help you to setup Redhat RPM program on various Unix operating
-systems like Solaris, AIX, Irix, HPUX and many others.
-The information in this document applies to all flavors of Unix like - Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, NetBSD, Apple Macintosh (which is BSD),
-!UnixWare, etc.. and may be
-useful to other operating systems (MS Windows 2000) which support "C" compiler.''
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-
-
-
-
-!!1. Introduction
-
-
-
-
-!!2. Install RPM
-
-
-*2.1 Get Gnu "gcc"
-
-*2.2 Get BerkeleyDB
-
-
-
-
-
-!!3. BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-*3.1 Solaris - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-*3.2 AIX - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-*3.3 IRIX Silicon Graphics - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-*3.4 HPUX - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-*3.5 !UnixWare - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-*3.6 Apple Macintosh OS X (Unix) - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-
-
-!!4. Compiling RPM
-
-
-*4.1 Troubleshooting RPM Compile
-
-
-
-
-
-!!5. Using RPM
-
-
-*5.1 Basic RPM Commands
-
-*5.2 RPM Build Commands
-
-*5.3 RPM Query Commands
-
-*5.4 RPM Verify Commands
-
-
-
-
-
-!!6. Installing 8000 RPMs
-
-
-*6.1 Bootstrap Programs - The Rocket Soars Up!!
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-*6.2 Install Foundation RPMs
-
-*6.3 Troubleshoot Building Foundation RPMs
-
-
-
-
-
-!!7. Create gcc RPM Package
-
-
-*7.1 Solaris Sparc gcc, glibc, kernel-headers and binutils
-
-*7.2 PowerPC gcc, glibc, kernel-headers and binutils
-
-*7.3 Create glibc RPM
-
-
-
-
-
-!!8. Use Debian Packages - Convert deb to rpm
-
-
-*8.1 Debian Packing Program
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-*8.2 Debian to Redhat RPM
-
-
-
-
-
-!!9. Convert RPM to Solaris Package rpm2pkg
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-
-
-!!10. Related URLs
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-
-
-
-!!11. Other Formats of this Document
-
-
-*11.1 Acrobat PDF format
-
-*11.2 Convert Linuxdoc to Docbook format
-
-*11.3 Convert to MS !WinHelp format
-
-*11.4 Reading various formats
-
-*11.5 Convert HTML to SGML html2sgml
-
-
-
-
-
-!!12. Copyright
-----
-
-!!1. Introduction
-
-
-__(The latest version of this document is
-at
-http://www.milkywaygalaxy.freeservers.com. You may
-want to check there for changes).__
-
-
-Redhat RPM program is the key program to install Redhat Linux Source RPMs.
-There are more than 8000 Redhat application programs available
-on the internet in rpm source-code format. If you just install
-__rpm__ program
-on other flavors of Unix like Solaris, AIX, Irix or HPUX, then you can
-very easily compile, build and install any of those 8000 application source
-RPMs.
-
-
-RPM is the "gateway" to thousands of applications and programs, which are in
-source code rpm format.
-
-
-Maintainence of application programs is extremely easy with RPM program.
-You can very easily remove, add and upgrade the application package from the
-system. Using RPM program you can query the system to find the list of
-packages installed and you can even list the files installed by a particular
-package. RPM program can also give the exact path locations of the files
-installed by a particular package.
-
-
-The upgrades and updates can be automated using the
-__rpm__ program
-and the Redhat Network support.
-
-
-''The redhat __rpm__ program is extremely powerful, extremely easy to use and is the
-most popular packaging program in the world. Packaging programs on other Unix platforms like
-pkgadd, smitt are very primitive and are not as powerful as __rpm__ program. And
-__rpm__ program is very portable and works on most Unix operating systems.''
-
-
-The guidelines given
here can be useful for setting up
-Debian package program
-__deb__ on Solaris and other Unix flavors.
-GNU Debian Linux is another popular distribution and uses __deb__ program
-which is similar to
-__rpm__ program
-. You can use either
-__rpm__ or
-__deb__ program.
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-
-!!2. Install RPM
-
-
-To install RPM program you need gcc and BerkeleyDB.
-First you should decide the version of Redhat Linux which you want
-to use. The versions of Redhat Linux are 7.1 (latest), 6.2, 5.x (old versions).
-
-
-To build
-__rpm__
-package you need atleast BerkeleyDB and gcc compiler.
-It is very important that you MUST select proper versions of gcc, BerkeleyDB
-and RPM source based on whether you want to represent Redhat 7.1, Redhat 6.2
-or 5.x. If you happen to have a Redhat Linux box then do -
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-
-bash$ rpm -qa | grep -i gcc
-bash$ rpm -qi gcc-2.96-81
-bash$ rpm -qa | grep -i db3
-bash$ rpm -qi db3-3.1.17-7
-bash$ rpm -qa | grep -i rpm
-bash$ rpm -qi rpm-4..2-8
-
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-From above, you can get the proper version numbers.
-
-
-__WARNING: ''If you do not use proper version numbers of
-gcc, db3 and rpm combinations then RPM program may not compile or work properly.''__.
-
-
-For example - to target Redhat Linux 7.1 on Solaris, you should use gcc version 2.96,
-Sleepycat Berkeley DB version 3.1.17 and RPM source version 4..2.
-Any other combination of versions __WILL NOT__ work.
-
-
-You can see the list of files and programs needed to build rpm. Login on linux box and:
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-
-bash$ rpm -qR rpm-4..2-8
-gawk
-fileutils
-textutils
-mktemp
-popt
-glibc >= 2.1.92
-db1 = 1.85
-/bin/sh
-/bin/sh
-/sbin/ldconfig
-ld-linux.so.2
-libbz2.so.1
-libc.so.6
-libdb-3.1.so
-libdb.so.2
-libpopt.so.
-librpm.so.
-librpmbuild.so.
-librpmio.so.
-libz.so.1
-/bin/sh
-libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.)
-libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
-libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
-libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
-libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.)
-rpmlib(!CompressedFileNames) <= 3..4-1
-bash$
-To see to which package gawk belongs to do:
-bash$ rpm -qif /usr/bin/gawk
-Name : gawk Relocations: (not relocateable)
-Version : 3..6 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
-Group : Applications/Text Source RPM: gawk-3..6-1.src.rpm
-
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-
-!!2.1 Get Gnu "gcc"
-
-
-
-First, you need to install the Gnu C compiler gcc.
-You can use one of the following three sources:
-
-
-* Unix gcc package from
-Solaris package
-,
-AIX package
-,
-IRIX package
-,
-HPUX package
-,
-!UnixWare package
-,
-Mac OS package
-.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Redhat source rpm from cdrom or from
-http://www.redhat.com
-or from
-http://www.rpmfind.net
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Download binaries from
-http://www.gnu.org
-or
-gcc-home
-where you can find
-gcc binary for Unix.
-*
-
-
-
-If you downloaded Solaris/Unix package:
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-
-# su - root
-# man pkgadd
-# pkgadd -d gcc-sparc*.pkg
-
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-
-
-If you downloaded rpm package:
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-
-bash$ mkdir my_temp_build
-bash$ cd my_temp_build
-bash$ rpm2cpio gcc-*.src.rpm | cpio -dimv
-bash$ tar zxvf gcc*.tar.gz
-bash$ cd gcc-2.96
-bash$ ./configure
-bash$ make
-
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-
-!!2.2 Get BerkeleyDB
-
-
-
-Second, you need to install the BerkeleyDB embedded database from
-http://www.sleepycat.com.
-RPM internally uses the embedded database BerkeleyDB to store the package information.
-You can use one of the following three sources:
-
-
-* Redhat source rpm from cdrom or from
-http://www.redhat.com
-or from
-http://www.rpmfind.net
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Download binaries from
-http://www.sleepycat.com go here and see
-Berkeley DB Patches and !ChangeLogs
-scroll down and select proper version like 3.1.17 (one which matches with Redhat Linux 7.1).
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Unix gcc package from
-Solaris package
-,
-AIX package
-,
-IRIX package
-,
-HPUX package
-,
-!UnixWare package
-,
-Mac OS package
-.
-*
-
-
-
-If you downloaded source rpm or source tar.gz file:
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-
-bash$ mkdir my_temp_build
-bash$ cd my_temp_build
-bash$ rpm2cpio db3-3.1.17-7.src.rpm | cpio -dimv
-bash$ tar zxvf db3*.tar.gz
-bash$ cd db3-3.1.17
-bash$ cd build_unix
-bash$ ../dist/configure --enable-compat185
-bash$ make
-bash$ make install
-
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-
-
-If you downloaded Unix package:
-----
-
-# su - root
-# man pkgadd
-# pkgadd -d db-3*-sparc*.pkg
-
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-----
-
-!! 3. BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-Download BerkeleyDB and gcc for Unix as given below:
-
-!! 3.1 Solaris - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for Solaris from:
-
-
-* Solaris gcc package from
-http://www.sunfreeware.com
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Sparc, Sun Solaris, Ultra Sparc
-http://www.ultralinux.org
-*
-
-
-!! 3.2 AIX - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for AIX from:
-
-
-* IBM main site
-http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/library and
-download-site.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Univ of California AIX site
-http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Norcal org site
-http://www.aiche-norcal.org/AIXtip/freeware.htm
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Bull site
-http://www.bull.de/pub
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*The PowerPC arch rpms are at
-http://penguinppc.org.
-*
-
-
-!! 3.3 IRIX Silicon Graphics - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for SGI IRIX from:
-
-
-* SGI main site
-http://freeware.sgi.com
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* SGI freware alphabetical listing
-http://freeware.sgi.com/index-by-alpha.html
-*
-
-
-!! 3.4 HPUX - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for HPUX from:
-
-
-* Gnu gcc for HPUX
-http://devresource.hp.com/!OpenSource/Tools/gcc/gcc.html
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* HPUX opensource tools
-http://devresource.hp.com/!OpenSource/Tools
-and
-tool-list
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*
-HPUX freeware
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* HPUX Porting and Archive Center
-http://hpux.cs.utah.edu
-and
-alphabetical listing
-and
-Gnu
-*
-
-
-!! 3.5 !UnixWare - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for !UnixWare from:
-
-
-* !FreeBird site
-http://www.freebird.org
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Skunkware site
-http://www.sco.com/skunkware
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Gnu gcc for
-gcc-unixware
-and
-faq-site
-*
-
-
-!! 3.6 Apple Macintosh OS X (Unix) - BerkeleyDB and gcc
-
-
-
-You can get gcc and BerkeleyDB for Apple Macintosh OS X (which is BSD Unix) from:
-
-
-* Gnu gcc for Apple Mac OS shipped with OS called "!ProjectBuilder IDE"
-http://developer.apple.com/tools/projectbuilder
-and
-faq
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* List of Opensource packages for Mac
-Darwin-project
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* See also
-Fink Project
-Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management.
-*
-
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-
-!!4. Compiling RPM
-
-
-After building Berkeley DB3 and gcc, compile rpm program now.
-Get rpm source code from one of the following two sources:
-
-
-* Redhat source rpm from cdrom or from
-http://www.redhat.com
-or from
-http://www.rpmfind.net and look for proper version like 7.1
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Download source code of rpm from
-http://www.rpm.org go here
-and select proper version like 4..2 (one which matches with Redhat Linux 7.1).
-Download from
-ftp-site.
-*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-If you downloaded rpm*.tar.gz file:
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-
-bash$ mkdir my_temp_build
-bash$ cd my_temp_build
-bash$ tar zxvf rpm*.tar.gz
-bash$ cd rpm-4..2
-bash$ export LIBS='-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib'
-bash$ export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/include'
-bash$ ./configure
-bash$ make
-
-----
-
-
-If you downloaded rpm source code file follow the steps below.
-But you may need rpm2cpio program, which is packaged in rpm package. Get rpm package
-(may be old version like 3.) from
-Unix packages
-.
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-
-bash$ mkdir my_temp_build
-bash$ cd my_temp_build
-bash$ rpm2cpio rpm-4..2-8.src.rpm | cpio -dimv
-bash$ tar zxvf rpm*.tar.gz
-bash$ cd rpm-4..2
-bash$ export LIBS='-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib'
-bash$ export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/include'
-bash$ ./configure
-bash$ make
-
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-
-!! 4.1 Troubleshooting RPM Compile
-
-
-
-If you encounter any problem in compiling rpm program, you may have to do some minor
-corrections.
-
-
-In case of Solaris 8 and rpm v4..2, I got these problems:
-
-
-* Error db3/db.h not found in lib/db3.c. Solution is - create a soft link:
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-
-bash# ln -s /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1.17/include /usr/include/db3
-Or edit the file lib/db3.c and change
-#include <db3/db.h>
-to
-#include <db.h>
-
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-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Edit Makefile and put -L before libmisc.a at line 186
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Compile error in file rpmsort.c: Function errx() not found.
-Solution is - edit the file rpmsort.c and copy and paste the
-function errx() from misc/err*.c. Or comment out line having errx()
-and put fprintf(stderr, "Error encountered - blah, blah"); exit();
-*
-
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-
-!!5. Using RPM
-
-
-See also
-RPM-HOWTO document.
-
-!! 5.1 Basic RPM Commands
-
-
-
-In its simplest form, RPM can be used to install, erase or upgrade packages:
-----
-
-bash# rpm -i foobar-1.-1.i386.rpm ...(to install packages)
-bash# rpm -i ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/RPMS/foo-1.-1.i386.rpm ...(to install package via ftp)
-bash# rpm -e foobar ...(to uninstall package)
-bash# rpm -U foobar-1.-1.i386.rpm ...(to upgrade package)
-bash# rpm --help ...(to see help on rpm options)
-bash# man rpm ...(to read online manual page)
-
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-
-!! 5.2 RPM Build Commands
-
-
-
-To build rpm packages
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-
-bash# rpm -i foobar*.src.rpm
-bash# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
-bash# rpm -ba foobar-1.-1.spec
-To build in incremental steps, do:
-bash# rpm -bp foobar-1.-1.spec ...( to do prep stage)
-bash# rpm --short-circuit -bc foobar-1.-1.spec ...( to do build stage)
-bash# rpm --short-circuit -bi foobar-1.-1.spec ...( to do install stage)
-bash# rpm -ba foobar-1.-1.spec ... (to do binary and source package)
-
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-
-!! 5.3 RPM Query Commands
-
-
-
-You can query the rpm database with these powerful commands:
-----
-
-bash$ rpm -qpl foobar-1.-1.i386.rpm ....(list of files in a rpm package)
-bash$ rpm -ql foobar-1.-1 ....(list of files from already installed package)
-bash$ rpm -qpR foobar-1.-1.i386.rpm ....(list packages on which this package depends)
-bash$ rpm -qR foobar-1.-1 ....(list packages on which this installed package depends)
-bash$ # rpm -q foo ...(print package name, version, and release number of package foo)
-foo-2.-1
-bash$ rpm -qa | less ....(list all the installed package)
-bash$ rpm -qa | grep -i kde ....(list all the installed package matching kde)
-bash$ rpm -qif /bin/ls ....(list the package which installed the file /bin/ls)
-To show the values RPM will use for all of the options that may be set in rpmrc files
-(/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc, /etc/rpmrc, ~/.rpmrc ), type:
-bash$ rpm --showrc | less
-
-----
-
-!! 5.4 RPM Verify Commands
-
-
-
-Verifying a package compares information about files installed from a
-package with the same information from the original package. Among other
-things, verifying compares the size, MD5 sum, permissions, type, owner
-and group of each file.
-
-
-The command __rpm -V__ verifies a package. You can use any of the
-Package Selection Options listed for querying to specify the packages
-you wish to verify. A simple use is
-__rpm -V__ foo which verifies that all the files in the foo package
-are as they were when they were originally installed. For example:
-
-
-
-----
-
-bash$ rpm -Vf /bin/vi ...(To verify a package containing particular file)
-bash$ rpm -Va ...(To verify ALL installed packages)
-bash$ rpm -Vp foo-1.-1.i386.rpm ...(To verify an installed package against an RPM package file)
-
-----
-This can be useful if you suspect that your RPM databases are corrupt.
-
-
-If everything verified properly there will be no output. If there are any
-discrepancies they will be displayed. The format of the output is a string
-of 8 characters, a possible "c" denoting a configuration file, and then the
-file name. Each of the 8 characters denotes the result of a comparison of one
-attribute of the file to the value of that attribute
-recorded in the RPM database. A single "." (period) means the test
-passed. The following characters denote failure of certain tests:
-----
-
-5 -- MD5 checksum
-S -- File size
-L -- Symbolic link
-T -- File modification time
-D -- Device
-U -- User
-G -- Group
-M -- Mode (includes permissions and file type)
-? -- Unreadable file
-
-----
-If you see any output, use your best judgment to determine
-if you should remove or reinstall the package, or otherwise fix the problem.
-----
-
-!!6. Installing 8000 RPMs
-
-
-Once RPM program is installed, it is a gateway to thousands of RPM packages
-which can be easily installed on the system.
-
-
-Prepare the rpm directories
-----
-
-bash# su - root
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/BUILD
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/RPMS/sparc64
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/SOURCES
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/SPECS
-bash# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/redhat/SRPMS
-
-----
-
-
-You may want to edit the __rpmrc__ file. In case of solaris 8,
-I had to remove the __-m64__ option for gcc, since it was giving compile errors.
-To show the values, RPM will use for all of the options that may be set in rpmrc files
-(/usr/local/lib/rpm/rpmrc, /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc, /etc/rpmrc, /.rpmrc ), type:
-----
-
-bash$ rpm --showrc | less
-
-----
-
-!! 6.1 Bootstrap Programs - The Rocket Soars Up!!
-
-
-
-Before building rpms you need the following basic programs:
-
-
-* install program from fileutils*.tar.gz
-*
-
-* patch*.tar.gz
-*
-
-* autoconf*.tar.gz
-*
-
-* automake*.tar.gz
-*
-
-* libtool*.tar.gz
-*
-
-* gcc*.tar.gz
-*
-
-You should download the tar.gz files or
-Unix packages
-. I downloaded solaris packages for fileutils.pkg,
-patch.pkg, libtool.pkg, gcc and others.
-You should install them in a temporary location like $HOME/localtmp
-----
-
-bash# mkdir $HOME/localtmp
-bash# cd $HOME/localtmp
-bash# gzip -d libtool*.tar.gz
-bash# tar -xvf libtool*.tar
-bash# ./configure --with-prefix=$HOME/localtmp
-bash# make; make install
-
-----
-You should include the temporary location of autoconf by:
-----
-
-bash# PATH=$HOME/localtmp/bin:$PATH
-bash# export PATH
-
-----
-
-!! 6.2 Install Foundation RPMs
-
-
-
-There are few basic rpms which must be installed before any other rpm is installed.
-In this section, foundation rpms are listed which are found by using:
-----
-
-bash# rpm -qR <packagename>
-bash# rpm -qR textinfo
-bash# rpm -qR fileutils
-bash# rpm -qR setup
-
-----
-
-
-The foundation rpms in the order of dependency are as follows:
-
-
-* fileutils*.rpm
-*
-
-* grep*.rpm (You may have to edit grep.spec and commentout --without-included-regex)
-*
-
-* gawk*.rpm
-*
-
-* sed*.rpm
-*
-
-* texinfo*.rpm
-*
-
-* zlib*.rpm and zlib-devel
-*
-
-* patch*.rpm
-*
-
-* setup*.rpm
-*
-
-* filesystem*.rpm (You may not want install this if it effects /proc directory)
-*
-
-* textutils*.rpm
-*
-
-* glibc-common*.rpm
-*
-
-* basesystem*.rpm
-*
-
-* mktemp*.rpm
-*
-
-* bash*.rpm
-*
-
-* m4*.rpm (autoconf needs this)
-*
-
-* autoconf
-*
-
-* bison
-*
-
-* binutils >= 2.9.1..25
-*
-
-* gas, as, ld which are in binutils
-*
-
-* shutils - for 'id' command
-*
-
-
-
-Second stage foundation rpms are as follows.
-After installing the foundation rpms, next important rpm is gcc, the order of rpms you need is:
-
-
-* glibc*.rpm
-*
-
-* binutils*.rpm
-*
-
-* kernel-headers*.rpm
-*
-
-* glibc-devel*.rpm
-*
-
-* gcc*.rpm
-*
-
-
-
-Third stage rpms are as follows:
-
-
-* popt*.rpm
-*
-
-* rpm*.rpm
-*
-
-* perl*.rpm
-*
-
-* And many others....
-*
-
-
-
-As from previous section you should have exported temp
-location of autoconf, gcc and other programs by:
-----
-
-bash# PATH=$HOME/localtmp/bin:$PATH
-bash# export PATH
-bash# rpm -i fileutils*.src.rpm
-bash# rpm -i zlib*.src.rpm
-bash# rpm -i texinfo*.src.rpm
-bash# cd /usr/local/src/redhat/SPECS
-bash# rpm -ba fileutils.spec
-
-----
-
-
-After the build is successful, install it with "nodeps and excludedocs" to minimize
-the failures. After substantial installations of many foundation rpms you can "freshen"
-the rpms with rpm command.
-----
-
-bash# cd /usr/local/src/redhat/RPMS/sparc64
-bash# rpm -i --nodeps --excludedocs fileutils*.rpm
-
-----
-Move on to build and install the next rpm in the list texinfo, zlib, patch,....
-
-!! 6.3 Troubleshoot Building Foundation RPMs
-
-
-
-On Solaris 2.8, I encountered following problems which were fixed by
-correcting the spec file:
-
-
-* __texinfo*.rpm: __
-Edit the file texinfo.spec and change __spec_install_post, %build and %install sections:
-----
-
-%define Rpmpath /usr/local
-%define __spec_install_post %{Rpmpath}/lib/rpm/brp-strip \; %{Rpmpath}/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note \; rm -f
-%build
-%define _mandir %{_prefix}/share/man
-%define _infodir %{_prefix}/share/info
-%configure
-%install
-#mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/{etc,sbin} .....this line is causing problems
-mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc
-mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/sbin
-
-----
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* __textutils*.rpm: __
-Create a new unix group called 'other'. Type 'groupadd other'
-and see 'man groupadd'. Second problem - edit textutils.spec file and in %files section replace
-hard-coded filenames/pathnames with %{_prefix}.
-----
-
-%files
-# replace below line
-#/usr/bin/*
-# with the line given below
-%{_prefix}/bin/*
-
-----
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* __patch*.rpm: __
-Edit patch.spec file and in %files section replace
-hard-coded filenames/pathnames with %{_prefix}.
-----
-
-%files
-# replace below line
-#/usr/bin/*
-# with the line given below
-%{_prefix}/bin/*
-
-----
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* __gawk*.rpm: __
-Edit gawk.spec file and in %files section and %install section replace
-hard-coded filenames/pathnames like /usr/something with %{_prefix}/something.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* __m4*.rpm: __
-Edit m4.spec file and in %build section, the configure takes only
---prefix and --exec-prefix. Also comment out autoconf.
-*
-
-----
-
-!!7. Create gcc RPM Package
-
-
-The GNU gcc rpm is the most important rpm package which you should create after
-successfully creating rpm of RPM package.
-In order to create GNU gcc rpm package, you need to install rpms, unix pkgs or
-manual configure and install the following (given in order of dependency) :
-
-
-* texinfo
-*
-
-* patch
-*
-
-* zlib and zlib-devel
-*
-
-* fileutils >= 4..41
-*
-
-* m4 >= 1.1 (autoconf needs this)
-*
-
-* autoconf
-*
-
-* bison
-*
-
-* binutils >= 2.9.1..25
-*
-
-* gas, as, ld which are in binutils
-*
-
-* cpp - manual install gcc
-*
-
-* gawk
-*
-
-* shutils - for 'id' command
-*
-
-* pthreads - Posix threads library
-*
-
-You should download the tar.gz files or
-Unix packages
-. I downloaded solaris packages for texinfo.pkd, fileutils.pkg,
-patch.pkg, libtool.pkg, gcc and others.
-If you download tar.gz source file then you should install them in a temporary
-location like $HOME/localtmp
-----
-
-bash# mkdir $HOME/localtmp
-bash# cd $HOME/localtmp
-bash# gzip -d libtool*.tar.gz
-bash# tar -xvf libtool*.tar
-bash# ./configure --with-prefix=$HOME/localtmp
-bash# make; make install
-
-----
-You should include the temporary location of autoconf by:
-----
-
-bash# PATH=$HOME/localtmp/bin:$PATH
-bash# export PATH
-
-----
-
-
-Now you are ready to build gcc rpm:
-----
-
-bash# rpm -i gcc*.src.rpm
-bash# cd /usr/local/src/redhat/SPECS
-bash# rpm -ba gcc*.spec
-
-----
-On Solaris 2.8 I had to make few changes to gcc*.spec file:
-
-
-# In %build section :
-Insert __''--enable-hacker-mode''__ option for configure command.
-This is to correct error
-- "This configuration not supported in solaris 2.8".
-If __''--enable-hacker-mode''__ option does not work then you may have to
-comment out gcc_targetplatform within the code %ifarch sparc .... %endif,
-just before the configure command.
-
-
-
-
-#
-
-# In %build section :
-For the configure command comment out %{_target_platform}, if configure fails.
-
-
-
-
-#
-
-# In %install section: Comment out numprocs = $(getconf _NPROCESSORS)
-and put numprocs=1. Since my box had 2 cpus I put numprocs=2. The solaris has /usr/bin/getconf
-which is different from GNU getconf in glibc.
-#
-
-Setup shared lib in solaris:
-----
-
-solaris# cd /var/ld
-solaris# man ld.so.1
-solaris# man crle
-solaris# crle < hit return to see config info>
-solaris# crle /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/pgsql/lib:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib
-
-----
-
-!! 7.1 Solaris Sparc gcc, glibc, kernel-headers and binutils
-
-
-
-You can download the source code rpm for sparc from
-sparc-gcc
-or go to
-http://www.rpmfind.net and type __sparc__ in the search field.
-You can also download sparc-glibc, sparc-kernel-headers and sparc-binutils source rpms.
-----
-
-solaris# rpm -i sparc-gcc*.src.rpm
-solaris# cd /usr/local/src/redhat/SPECS
-solaris# rpm -ba sparc-gcc.spec
-
-----
-You may want to edit sparc-binutils.spec and
-in %install section: Comment out numprocs = $(getconf _NPROCESSORS)
-and put numprocs=1. Since my box had 2 cpus I put numprocs=2. The solaris has /usr/bin/getconf
-which is different from GNU getconf in glibc. Also change %files section change
-%doc /usr/man/man1/sparc-linux-ld.1.gz to
-%doc /usr/man/man1/sparc-linux-ld.1.
-
-!! 7.2 PowerPC gcc, glibc, kernel-headers and binutils
-
-
-
-The PowerPC arch rpms are at
-http://penguinppc.org.
-
-!! 7.3 Create glibc RPM
-
-
-
-If configure complains that your platform is not supported, then
-you may want to edit glibc.spec file and in %configure section
-put ''--enable-hacker-mode'',
-
-
-For Solaris there is ready-made sparc-glibc*.src.rpm from
-sparc-gcc
-or go to
-http://www.rpmfind.net and type __sparc__ in the search field.
-
-
-The glibc needs the sparc-kernel-headers*.rpm which you can get from
-sparc-gcc.
-----
-
-!! 8. Use Debian Packages - Convert deb to rpm
-
-
-Debian Linux is another popular distribution. You can use the debian packages
-for Sparc, PowerPC, m68k, MIPS, Alpha, Arm, Intel X86 or Itanium.
-
-!! 8.1 Debian Packing Program
-
-
-
-
-
-
-To build real debs that contain software, you'll need:
-__binutils, cpp, cpio, dpkg-dev, file, gcc, libc6-dev, make, patch, perl dh-make, debhelper, devscripts, fakeroot__
-and
-__lintian__
-. If your package needs to prompt the user for configuration information when it installs, get
-__debconf__
-.
-
-
-The main debian programs you need to get are:
-
-
-* dpkg-dev : This package contains the tools needed to create Debian archives. It also contains the Debian Programmers and Policy manuals.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* debmake : This is a higher level set of tools for creating Debian packages. It makes the whole process tremendously easier.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* debhelper : A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file
-to automate common tasks related to building debian packages. Programs are included
-to install various files into your
-package, compress files, fix file permissions, integrate your package with
-the debian menu system, suidmanager, doc-base, etc. Most debian packages use
-debhelper as part of their build process.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* debconf : Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* apt-howto : A Guide to APT.
-This manual tries to be a quick but complete source of information about the
-APT system and its features.
-It documents the main uses of APT with many examples. (You may want to edit apt-howto*.sgml and
-change debiandoc to linuxdoc and run sgml2html).
-*
-
-
-
-Get these from
-http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, go here and type
-in the search box __dpkg-dev__ or __apt-howto__ and select Stable, Testing
-or Unstable in the distribution.
-Download and build on your Unix system (Solaris, AIX, HPUX).
-
-
-See
-Debian Package Management
-, Debian
-Policy Manual,
-Debian
-New Maintainer's Guide
-and
-apt+rpm howto.
-
-!! 8.2 Debian to Redhat RPM
-
-
-
-To install Debian packages on Sun Solaris 2.8 (Sparc/Ultra-sparc) I downloaded
-all the debian packages for sparc from
-http://www.debian.org. Go here and click on distribution->sparc.
-Better still, purchase the Debian binary and source cdrom for Sparc (or for PowerPC, Alpha).
-Use
-__alien__ program to convert the debian packages to redhat __rpm__.
-
-
-Get
-__alien__ program
-from
-http://www.rpmfind.net.
-----
-
-solaris# rpm -i alien*.src.rpm
-solaris# rpm -ba alien.spec
-solaris# rpm -i alien.sparc.rpm
-solaris# alien -r glibc*.deb (..... this will create the rpm file)
-solaris# rpm -i glibc-sparc*.rpm
-
-----
-Convert all debian binary packages to rpm and install on Solaris 2.8 OS.
-
-
-Note
-__alien__ program
-works only for binary debian packages.
-----
-
-!!9. Convert RPM to Solaris Package rpm2pkg
-
-
-After building and installing all the RPMs on Solaris (or any Unix), you can
-convert those programs to Solaris (or any Unix) packages.
-
-
-To convert Redhat rpm to Solaris package do:
-----
-
-bash# mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/myprogram-1.4/usr/local
-bash# cd $HOME/tmp/myprogram-1.4/usr/local
-bash# rpm2cpio rpm-4..2-8.sparc64.rpm | cpio -dimv
-bash# tar -xvf rpm*.tar.gz
-bash# make_package
-
-----
-
-
-And run the perl script __make_package__ given at
-----
-
-!!10. Related URLs
-
-
-
-
-
-* Main site of RPM
-http://www.rpm.org
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Maximum RPM book
-http://www.rpmdp.org/rpmbook/node1.html
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* RPM HOWTO
-http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/index.html
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*
-RH manual - rpm
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* RPM Finder
-http://www.rpmfind.net
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* RPM related sofware
-http://rpm.org/software.html
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* RPM mailing lists
-http://rpm.org/mailing_list.html
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-* Sparc, Sun Solaris, Ultra Sparc
-http://www.ultralinux.org
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*The PowerPC arch rpms are at
-http://penguinppc.org.
-*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-Linux goodies main site is at
-http://www.milkywaygalaxy.freeservers.com
-Mirror sites are at -
-http://aldev0.webjump.com,
-angelfire,
-geocities,
-virtualave,
-50megs,
-theglobe,
-NBCi,
-Terrashare,
-Fortunecity,
-Freewebsites,
-Tripod,
-Spree,
-Escalix,
-Httpcity,
-Freeservers.
-----
-
-!!11. Other Formats of this Document
-
-
-This document is published in 14 different formats namely: DVI, Postscript,
-Latex, Adobe Acrobat PDF,
-LyX, GNU-info, HTML, RTF(Rich Text Format), Plain-text, Unix man pages, single
-HTML file, SGML (Linuxdoc format), SGML (Docbook format), and MS !WinHelp format.
-
-
-This howto document is located at:
-
-
-*
-http://www.linuxdoc.org and click on HOWTOs and search
-for the howto document name using CTRL+f or ALT+f within the web-browser.
-*
-
-
-
-You can also find this document at the following mirrors sites:
-
-
-*
-http://www.caldera.com/LDP/HOWTO
-*
-
-*
-http://www.linux.ucla.edu/LDP
-*
-
-*
-http://www.cc.gatech.edu/linux/LDP
-*
-
-*
-http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP
-
-*
-
-* Other mirror sites near you (network-address-wise) can be found at
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/mirrors.html
-select a site and go to directory /LDP/HOWTO/xxxxx-HOWTO.html
-*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-*You can get this HOWTO document as a single file tar ball in HTML, DVI,
-Postscript or SGML formats from -
-ftp://www.linuxdoc.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/
-and
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*Plain text format is in:
-ftp://www.linuxdoc.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
-and
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*Single HTML file format is in:
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto
-
-
- A single HTML file can be created with the command (see man sgml2html) -
-sgml2html -split 0 xxxxhowto.sgml
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-*Translations to other languages like French, German, Spanish,
-Chinese, and Japanese are in
-ftp://www.linuxdoc.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
-and
-http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto
-Any help from you to translate to other languages is welcome.
-*
-
-The document is written using a tool called "SGML-Tools" which can be got from:
-http://www.sgmltools.org
-Compiling the source you will get the following commands like:
-
-
-*sgml2html xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate html file)
-*
-
-*sgml2html -split 0 xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate a single page html file)
-*
-
-*sgml2rtf xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate RTF file)
-*
-
-*sgml2latex xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate latex file)
-*
-
-
-!! 11.1 Acrobat PDF format
-
-
-
-A PDF file can be generated from postscript file using
-either acrobat __distill__ or __Ghostscript__.
-And a postscript file is generated
-from DVI which in turn is generated from a !LaTex file.
-You can download distill software from
-http://www.adobe.com
-and from
-unix
-and from
-windows
-. Given below
-is a sample session:
-----
-
-bash$ man sgml2latex
-bash$ sgml2latex filename.sgml
-bash$ man dvips
-bash$ dvips -o filename.ps filename.dvi
-bash$ distill filename.ps
-bash$ man ghostscript
-bash$ man ps2pdf
-bash$ ps2pdf input.ps output.pdf
-bash$ acroread output.pdf &
-
-----
-Or you can use the Ghostscript command __ps2pdf__.
-ps2pdf is a work-alike for nearly all the functionality of
-Adobe's Acrobat Distiller product: it
-converts !PostScript files to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
-__ps2pdf__ is implemented as a very small command script
-(batch file) that invokes Ghostscript, selecting a special "output device"
-called __pdfwrite__. In order to use ps2pdf, the pdfwrite
-device must be included in the makefile when Ghostscript was compiled;
-see the documentation on building Ghostscript for details.
-
-!! 11.2 Convert Linuxdoc to Docbook format
-
-
-
-This document is written in linuxdoc SGML format. The Docbook SGML format
-supercedes the linuxdoc format and has a lot more features than linuxdoc.
-The linuxdoc is very simple and easy to use. To convert linuxdoc SGML
-file to Docbook SGML use the program __ld2db.sh__ and some Perl scripts.
-The ld2db output is not 100% clean and you need to use the __clean_ld2db.pl__
-Perl script. You may need to manually correct a few lines in the document.
-
-
-* Download the ld2db program from
-http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~rrt/docbook.html
-or from
-Milkyway Galaxy site
-*
-
-* Download the cleanup_ld2db.pl perl script from
-from
-Milkyway Galaxy site
-*
-
-The ld2db.sh is not 100% clean, so you will get some errors when you run it.
-----
-
-bash$ ld2db.sh file-linuxdoc.sgml db.sgml
-bash$ cleanup.pl db.sgml > db_clean.sgml
-bash$ gvim db_clean.sgml
-bash$ docbook2html db.sgml
-
-----
-And you may have to manually edit some of the minor errors after
-running the Perl script. For example you may need to put closing tag <
-/Para> for each <
-Listitem>
-
-!! 11.3 Convert to MS !WinHelp format
-
-
-
-You can convert the SGML howto document to a Microsoft Windows Help file,
-First convert the sgml to html using:
-----
-
-bash$ sgml2html xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate html file)
-bash$ sgml2html -split 0 xxxxhowto.sgml (to generate a single page html file)
-
-----
-Then use the tool
-!HtmlToHlp.
-You can also use sgml2rtf and then use the RTF files for generating winhelp files.
-
-!! 11.4 Reading various formats
-
-
-
-In order to view the document in dvi format, use the xdvi program. The xdvi
-program is located in tetex-xdvi*.rpm package in Redhat Linux which can be
-located through !ControlPanel | Applications | Publishing | TeX menu buttons.
-To read a dvi document give the command:
-
-
-xdvi -geometry 80x90 howto.dvi
-man xdvi
-
-
-And resize the window with the mouse.
-To navigate use Arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down keys, also
-you can use 'f', 'd', 'u', 'c', 'l', 'r', 'p', 'n' letter
-keys to move up, down, center, next page, previous page etc.
-To turn off expert menu press 'x'.
-
-
-You can read a postscript file using the program 'gv' (ghostview) or
-'ghostscript'.
-The ghostscript program is in the ghostscript*.rpm package and the gv
-program is in the gv*.rpm package in Redhat Linux
-which can be located through !ControlPanel | Applications | Graphics menu
-buttons. The gv program is much more user friendly than ghostscript.
-Also ghostscript and gv are available on other platforms like OS/2,
-Windows 95 and NT. You can view this document even on those platforms.
-
-
-
-
-
-*Get ghostscript for Windows 95, OS/2, and for
-all OSes from
-http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
-*
-
-
-
-To read a postscript document give the command:
-
-
-gv howto.ps
-ghostscript howto.ps
-
-
-
-
-You can read an HTML format document using Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet
-explorer, Redhat Baron Web browser or any of the 10 other web browsers.
-
-
-You can read the latex, LyX output using LyX an X Window front end to !LaTex.
-
-!! 11.5 Convert HTML to SGML html2sgml
-
-
-
-To convert any HTML document to Linuxdoc SGML use the tool 'html2sgml'
-from
-http://www.abc.se/~m9339/prog/html2sgml.html.
-----
-
-!!12. Copyright
-
-
-Copyright policy is GNU/GPL as per LDP (Linux Documentation project).
-LDP is a GNU/GPL project.
-Additional restrictions are - you must retain the author's name, email address
-and this copyright notice on all the copies. If you make any changes
-or additions to this document then you should
-intimate all the authors of this document
.
-----
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