building RPMs from tarballs

[zeland]

I was told that I could build RPMs from tarballs (makes it easier to track what has been installed where & also easy to uninstall).

From the RPMBUILD man pages, I understand that I have to build the files in the order:

rpmbuild -tp {specfile}
rpmbuild -tc {specfile}
rpmbuild -tb {specfile}

Please correct me if I'm wrong. BTW, what is a {specfile} or where do I find it?

 

[JohanSAN]

Hi,
I have managed to make my own RPM´s using this guide

http://freshrpms.net/docs/fight.html

http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/RPM-HOWTO/build.html

Good Luck!

Johan Sandén
*nix admin
Sweden