The BUILD directory is used during the build process of the RPM package.

It contains this directory structure: rpmbuild/ You build RPM packages as a normal (not root) user, so your build environment is placed into your home directory.

The following packages need to be installed to build the RPM package: $ sudo dnf install -y rpmdevtools rpmlintĪfter installing rpmdevtools, create the file tree you need to build RPM packages: $ rpmdev-setuptree

A workstation or a virtual machine running an RPM-based distribution, such RHEL or Fedora.

You'll need the following components to build an RPM package: Some packages also include a shorthand version of the distribution they were built for, such as: bdsync-0.11.86_64.rpm The name of an RPM package follows this format: -.rpm

Documentation files ( README, TODO, AUTHOR, etc.).

Configuration files ( nf, nf, nf, etc.).

Binary files, also known as executables ( nmap, stat, xattr, ssh, sshd, and so on).

rpm extension and is a bundle (a collection) of different files. It was developed by Red Hat and is primarily used on Red Hat-based Linux operating systems (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, etc.).Īn RPM package uses the.

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