How to make rpm package for xfce？

ggstone · 2011-10-13 09:01:42

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!

Last edited by ggstone (2011-10-13 09:02:31)

rijnsma · 2011-10-13 10:50:30

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

mmassonnet · 2011-10-13 10:54:13

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

ggstone · 2011-10-14 05:29:47

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?

angstrom · 2011-10-14 13:03:17

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

ggstone · 2011-10-16 15:31:05

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?

Last edited by ggstone (2011-10-16 15:32:57)

angstrom · 2011-10-16 17:34:24

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 ...

Last edited by angstrom (2011-10-16 17:37:43)

ggstone · 2011-10-17 03:18:53

angstrom ，thank you very much！

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