/tags/rpm/ Recent content in Rpm on Saleem Ansari Hugo -- gohugo.io en (c) 2024 Saleem Ansari Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 /2012/03/05/a-bug-in-rpm-for-rubygem-sprockets-and-rubygem-tilt/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 /2012/03/05/a-bug-in-rpm-for-rubygem-sprockets-and-rubygem-tilt/ I packaged Rails 3.1.0 and its dependencies few days back for Fedora 16. The repository configuration file is as below: [rails3] name=rails3 baseurl=http://tuxdna.fedorapeople.org/packaging/rubygems/f16/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 Now when I installed Rails 3.1.0, I got into a in issue: $ sudo yum install rubygem-rails-3.1.0 ...OUTPUT SKIPPED... --> Running transaction check ---> Package rubygem-polyglot.noarch 0:0.3.3-1.fc16 will be installed ---> Package rubygem-sprockets.noarch 0:2.0.3-1.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: rubygem(tilt) < 1.3.0 for package: rubygem-sprockets-2. /2012/03/04/problems-with-ruby-gem-to-rpm/ Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 /2012/03/04/problems-with-ruby-gem-to-rpm/ I can’t emphasize more the importance of packaging RPMs ( or any other packaging system ), as I already did it in an earlier post. Same arguments apply to Ruby Gems as well. That is to say, Ruby Gems already have a gem command to install and update packages. However it is still not a complete packaging system in itself. Consider the situation where you need to install a gem called A which dependes on B and C. /2012/02/22/ruby-gem-to-rpm-all-in-one-go/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 /2012/02/22/ruby-gem-to-rpm-all-in-one-go/ This is my first attempt at building RPM packages for Ruby GEMS. https://gist.github.com/1885411 Requirements: yum install rpmdevtools yum install ruby rubygems rubygem-gem2rpm How to run: $ ruby make_rpms.rb -t ~/tmp/rpm-gem-packaging/ -n mechanize -r 2.2.1 This will download the gem and dependencies and generate SRPM and RPM files in the following folder: ~/tmp/rpm-gem-packaging/rpmbuild/ NOTE: The status of SUCCESS and FAILURE can be seen in the file: ~/tmp/rpm-gem-packaging/rpmbuild/status.txt Check for RPM and SRPM files which were generated: /2012/01/27/packaging-java-jars-as-rpm-packages/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 /2012/01/27/packaging-java-jars-as-rpm-packages/ At JUDCon 2012, I had a discussion and argument with Jaikiran Pai and Ravi Maurya on “Packaging Java JARs as RPM packages”. Well it is not just RPM, it could be any package management system ( eg. dpkg, protage etc. ), doesn’t matter as long as it serves the purpose of: How is all this achieved in Java world? Simple. Just package all the required JARs in a single JAR or WAR or an EAR for that matter. /2011/11/12/fast-alternative-to-yum-whatprovides/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 /2011/11/12/fast-alternative-to-yum-whatprovides/ If yum whatprovides /path/to/file is slow for you, try a faster alternative: rpm -q --whatprovides /path/to/file For example: $ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/clibrary speech-dispatcher-0.7.1-5.fc15.x86_64 rpm is quite fast and yum is too slow. Get back to basics! /2011/11/12/how-to-setup-mock-quickly/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 /2011/11/12/how-to-setup-mock-quickly/ How to setup mock quickly? yum install mock The default configuration is already set for you: ls -l /etc/mock/default.cfg If not then this will do: sudo ln -s /etc/mock/fedora-15-x86_64.cfg /etc/mock/default.cfg As is clearly stated in mock(1) man page, you need to add the relevant user to mock group: sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G mock $USER Thats all for the setup. Now lets use it: mock --init # this populates the build root with the required pacakges and repositories mock --rebuild hello-2.