Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn
To prepare an rpmbuild directory structure to contain RPMs for different architectures
To generate an RPM specification (spec) file that defines the structure of the generated RPM package and the files and embedded scripts to be included in it
To build an RPM package that contains user generated scripts and configuration files
Introduction
I have used RPM-based package managers to install software on Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora since I started using Linux over 20 years ago. From the RPM program itself, to YUM, and then DNF, which is a close ...
