Re: [aclug-L] Is RPM easy?

[j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff: thanks for the response,

This solution has rpm actually install the netscape, I was wondering
if it is possible to "trick" rpm by only changing the rpm data base
-- but I guess not.  It is a thought though, to update a '.spec'
file for uninstall, and update but not actually 'installing' the
application with the rpm...  What do you think?

thanks again,

mike wagle

Jeff wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, j m wagle wrote:
> 
> > I have installed redhat 5.2, but I did not install netscape, rather
> > I used the 'tar ball' and installed netscape communicator 5.1.
> >
> > my question,  can I now let RPM 'know' that netscape communicator
> > 5.1 is now installed?
> 
> [ This is from memory ]
> 
> 1) cp netscape-communicator-5.1.tar.gz /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
> 2) make a netscape-communicator-5.1-1.spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> 3) cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS; rpm -ba netscape-communicator-5.1-1.spec
> 4) cd ../RPMS; rpm -Uvh netscape-communicator-5.1-1
> 
> The .spec file has a certain format; if you can find some other rpms (like
> a previous netscape one) then you can copy it & modify for netscape 5.1.
> Otherwise use anything ya got and make it work.  For the %files part, you
> want to include anything and everything that the nsinstall script installs
> (docs, binaries, config files).
> 
> -jeff
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