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Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (ggstone) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:18:53 +0000

angstrom ，thank you very much！

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (angstrom) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:34:24 +0000

I don't know why you have to build rpm file.
For me, I do it sometime when there is new version a package (for example thunar.0.5) and the new rpm is not yet available. So I download an old version source rpm (thunar.0.4.src.rpm) . Installed it. Save the thunar.0.4.spec file to thunar.0.5.spec. Adapt the thunar.0.5.spec file : change the source tar ball used to compile to the new source version (thunar.0.5.tar.gz), edit the name of the new rpm package (thunar.0.5.rpm), required packages, patches, etc ... Then build the new rpm package like in the link mmassonnet gave previously with the adapted thunar.0.5.spec

As Xfce is composed by several packages, you will have to do it for each of them.

Usually, there are mails of people that build rpm in the .spec file. Try to ask them for advices, how they do, etc ...

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (ggstone) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:31:05 +0000

Thanks angstrom，
Do you mean I install the xfce.rpm package to my RHEL6,and then copy the spec to the xfce dir to creat the new spec?
all of the other xfce applications should do like this?

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (angstrom) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:03:17 +0000

A suggestion :
- Find a similar package in Fedora or Opensuse (that use rpm system)
- Download and install the source rpm
- Then adapt the .spec generated to your system
- Build your xfce rpm with the hacked .spec

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (ggstone) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:29:47 +0000

thanks for your reply:
I find that there is spec file in xfdesktop dir, named xfdesktop.spec,
I think I can use it to build rpm. right?

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (mmassonnet) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:54:13 +0000

I once had to build RPMs, I hope this can get you started:
http://blog.mmassonnet.info/2009/10/rpm … oblin.html

Re: How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (rijnsma) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:50:30 +0000

It will not always succeed, but maybe 'alien'?

How to make rpm package for xfce？

dummy@example.com (ggstone) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:01:42 +0000

hi，
I can complie and operate the xfce4-4.6.1 in my host pc now,
but I need to make the rpm package of xfce4-4.6.1 in order to install it to another system.
How can I make it? any idea?

thanks very much!