rpmbuild
RPMBUILD(8) Red Hat Linux RPMBUILD(8)
NAME
rpmbuild - Build RPM Package(s)
SYNOPSIS
BUILDING PACKAGES:
rpmbuild {-ba|-bb|-bp|-bc|-bi|-bl|-bs} [rpmbuild-options] SPECFILE ...
rpmbuild {-ta|-tb|-tp|-tc|-ti|-tl|-ts} [rpmbuild-options] TARBALL ...
rpmbuild {--rebuild|--recompile} SOURCEPKG ...
MISCELLANEOUS:
rpmbuild --showrc
rpmbuild-options
[--buildroot DIRECTORY] [--clean] [--nobuild]
[--rmsource] [--rmspec] [--short-circuit] [--sign]
[--target PLATFORM]
DESCRIPTION
rpmbuild is used to build both binary and source software packages. A
package consists of an archive of files and meta-data used to install
and erase the archive files. The meta-data includes helper scripts,
file attributes, and descriptive information about the package. Pack-
ages come in two varieties: binary packages, used to encapsulate soft-
ware to be installed, and source packages, containing the source code
and recipe necessary to produce binary packages.
One of the following basic modes must be selected: Build Package, Build
Package from Tarball, Recompile Package, Show Configuration.
GENERAL OPTIONS
These options can be used in all the different modes.
-?, --help
Print a longer usage message then normal.
--version
Print a single line containing the version number of rpm being
used.
--quiet
Print as little as possible - normally only error messages will
be displayed.
-v Print verbose information - normally routine progress messages
will be displayed.
-vv Print lots of ugly debugging information.
--rcfile FILELIST
Each of the files in the colon separated FILELIST is read
sequentially by rpm for configuration information. Only the
first file in the list must exist, and tildes will be expanded
to the value of $HOME. The default FILELIST is
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.
--pipe CMD
Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.
--dbpath DIRECTORY
Use the database in DIRECTORY rathen than the default path
/var/lib/rpm
--root DIRECTORY
Use the file system tree rooted at DIRECTORY for all operations.
Note that this means the database within DIRECTORY will be used
for dependency checks and any scriptlet(s) (e.g. %post if
installing, or %prep if building, a package) will be run after a
chroot(2) to DIRECTORY.
BUILD OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm build command is
rpmbuild -bSTAGE|-tSTAGE [ rpmbuild-options
] FILE ...
The argument used is -b if a spec file is being used to build the pack-
age and -t if rpmbuild should look inside of a (possibly compressed)
tar file for the spec file to use. After the first argument, the next
character (STAGE) specifies the stages of building and packaging to be
done and is one of:
-ba Build binary and source packages (after doing the %prep, %build,
and %install stages).
-bb Build a binary package (after doing the %prep, %build, and
%install stages).
-bp Executes the "%prep" stage from the spec file. Normally this
involves unpacking the sources and applying any patches.
-bc Do the "%build" stage from the spec file (after doing the %prep
stage). This generally involves the equivalent of a "make".
-bi Do the "%install" stage from the spec file (after doing the
%prep and %build stages). This generally involves the equiva-
lent of a "make install".
-bl Do a "list check". The "%files" section from the spec file is
macro expanded, and checks are made to verify that each file
exists.
-bs Build just the source package.
The following options may also be used:
--buildroot DIRECTORY
When building a package, override the BuildRoot tag with direc-
tory DIRECTORY.
--clean
Remove the build tree after the packages are made.
--nobuild
Do not execute any build stages. Useful for testing out spec
files.
--rmsource
Remove the sources after the build (may also be used standalone,
e.g. "rpmbuild --rmsource foo.spec").
--rmspec
Remove the spec file after the build (may also be used stan-
dalone, eg. "rpmbuild --rmspec foo.spec").
--short-circuit
Skip straight to specified stage (i.e., skip all stages leading
up to the specified stage). Only valid with -bc and -bi.
--sign Embed a GPG signature in the package. This signature can be used
to verify the integrity and the origin of the package. See the
section on GPG SIGNATURES in rpm(8) for configuration details.
--target PLATFORM
When building the package, interpret PLATFORM as arch-vendor-os
and set the macros %_target, %_target_cpu, and %_target_os
accordingly.
REBUILD AND RECOMPILE OPTIONS
There are two other ways to invoke building with rpm:
rpmbuild --rebuild|--recompile SOURCEPKG ...
When invoked this way, rpmbuild installs the named source package, and
does a prep, compile and install. In addition, --rebuild builds a new
binary package. When the build has completed, the build directory is
removed (as in --clean) and the the sources and spec file for the pack-
age are removed.
SHOWRC
The command
rpmbuild --showrc
shows the values rpmbuild will use for all of the options are currently
set in rpmrc and macros configuration file(s).
FILES
rpmrc Configuration
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc
/etc/rpmrc
~/.rpmrc
Macro Configuration
/usr/lib/rpm/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros
/etc/rpm/macros
~/.rpmmacros
Database
/var/lib/rpm/Basenames
/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
/var/lib/rpm/Dirnames
/var/lib/rpm/Filemd5s
/var/lib/rpm/Group
/var/lib/rpm/Installtid
/var/lib/rpm/Name
/var/lib/rpm/Packages
/var/lib/rpm/Providename
/var/lib/rpm/Provideversion
/var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys
/var/lib/rpm/Removed
/var/lib/rpm/Requirename
/var/lib/rpm/Requireversion
/var/lib/rpm/Sha1header
/var/lib/rpm/Sigmd5
/var/lib/rpm/Triggername
Temporaray
/var/tmp/rpm*
SEE ALSO
popt(3),
rpm2cpio(8),
gendiff(1),
rpm(8),
http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>
AUTHORS
Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc. 09 June 2002 RPMBUILD(8)
