User:DanielDrake/Notes

RPM dev

initial setup

• install packages: fedora-rpmdevtools yum-utils
• run rpmdev-setuptree to create ~/rpmbuild hierarchy and .rpmmacros settings

obtaining source RPMS

• F9: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/source/SRPMS/
• or: yumdownloader --source <package>

unpacking source RPM

• as your user: rpm -ivh foo.src.rpm

links

• install custom kernel: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel
  • includes some of the above
• how to use rpm: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/
• fedora packager's handbook: http://koti.welho.com/vskytta/packagers-handbook/packagers-handbook.html

misc

• query installed sofware version: rpm -q <package>

additional notes for XO devel

• other packages needed: git