LnxZip-0.1
Author: John Hawk
Preface:
Sorry for the state of documentation. I hope it is enough to get you going.
Instalation/setup:
LnxZip creates a RPM build tree identical to the tree located in /usr/src/RPM
it also installs .rpmrc and .rpmmacros. If either .rpmrc or .rpmmacros
exists they will be re-named to .rpmrc_old and rpmmacros_old. You should
edit both .rpmrc and rpmmacros to suit your personal needs. Both files
are currently set to match the Linux-Mandrake scheme. Important prior
to doing an RPM build make sure you have set the default directory in Preferences
| General. The reason for this is at install time the ~ is used
to denote the home directory. The safe thing to do is to set this in preferences
ASAP.
Compression:
Currently zip, gzip, tar, arj, and bzip2 are supported. Functionality includes
the ability to open archives, and to add, delete, extract, and view files.
LnxZip supported archive actions.
| |
zip |
tar |
tar.gz |
tgz |
tar.bz2 |
bz2 |
arj |
| Add |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Extract |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| New |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
RPM Build Steps:
- First make sure your source code compiles and installs.
- Confirm all executables and support files are present and working
- Clean tree of any unwanted old sources.
- Execute a make clean in source tree.
- Execute LnxZip and choose RPM | Spec File
- Provide Information required.
Note: if you do not know what files to install do the following:
After Building Spec File Exit LnxZip change to base directory and type:
rpm -bi spec-file
A build will start but exit after installation of files to RPM_BUILD_ROOT
Now cd RPM_BUILD_ROOT && find
You will now have the file list repeat above.
- Choose RPM | Build RPM
- Binary package will be in RPM/RPMS/i586 & Source package will be in RPM/SRPMS
RPM-Tool:
The RPM Tool works by presenting the end-user with a tabbed dialog to make
selection and entries to complete a spec-file. Once the information is
acquired the tool will create a correctly named directory and prompt the
user for source file location . Upon selection the tool will copy the source
files to the new directory and place a copy of the spec-file in the directory.
Compression of the directory is completed and the resulting Project.tar.bz2
file is placed in the RPM tree SOURCES directory. Creation of a rpm-build.sh
script is completed and placed in the base directory. RPM Build executes
this script via a terminal for visual confirmation, also a log file will
be placed in base directory /tmp as rpm-build.log. Building your first
RPM is simple for the first time simply provide the Package Name on Page
1 and the Files on Page 4. You could also add the Summary and Description
on Page 2. This should provide a minimum RPM package for you.
Good Luck!