[SOLVED] How do I modify rpm spec file to install a tarball to specific directory?

Issue

I want to install gstatus to /usr/local/gstatus/gstatus-0.66. The original tarball install it to <current_path>/gstatus-0.66. How do I modify the spec to make it install to the right place? Original spec:

Name:           gstatus
Version:        0.66
Release:        1%{?dist}
...
Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
...
%prep
%setup -q -n %{name}
...
%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
%{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root %{buildroot} --install-scripts %{_bindir}
mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8
install -m 0644 gstatus.8 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/
gzip %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/gstatus.8
...

/usr/local does exist, but I need to create /usr/local/gstatus. Can I modify %install section to:

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
mkdir /usr/local/gstatus
%{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root /usr/local/gstatus/%{buildroot} --install-scripts %{_bindir}
mkdir -p /usr/local/gstatus/%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8
install -m 0644 gstatus.8 /usr/local/gstatus/%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/
gzip /usr/local/gstatus/%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/gstatus.8
...

Solution

No. Inside the %install section you need to put everything under %{buildroot}. You probably should do something like:

%install
mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/local/gstatus/
--root %{buildroot}/usr/local/gstatus/

%files
/usr/local/gstatus/

A few notes:

• yes you need to create all directories under %{buildroot} (/usr etc), but you should only package the directories that belong to you. The packaging happens in %files
• under %files specifying a directory is recursive by default. By specifying /usr/local/gstatus/ here, the directory gstatus is packaged recursively.

Answered By - Chris Maes

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)