Create RPM Build Environment¶
Overview¶
Create an RPM Build Environment for a unprivileged user account.
Warning! Building RPMs should NEVER be done as the root user. It should ALWAYS be done with an unprivileged user account. Building RPMs as root could cause potential damage to your system.
Prerequisites¶
Install the rpm-build package
sudo yum install rpm-build
Most SRPMs targeted to be rebuilt on CentOS also need certain rpmbuild build macros and helper scripts, which are contained in package: redhat-rpm-config. To get results as desired, you should also install it in the same fashion as noted above, substituting the new package name.
sudo yum install redhat-rpm-config
Building packages will require various compilers, install a few commons ones to get you started
sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ make
Create directories for RPM building¶
Create RPM build directory structure in your home directory
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
Create .rpm macros file under your home directory
echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' > ~/.rpmmacros