[rpm-list] RPM Help

[Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov]

Is this a package you created, or one you downloaded?  It sounds like there
is something wrong with the way the spec defines the value, but without
looking at the spec it would be hard to go further.

-greg

rpm-list-bounces at lists.rpm.org wrote on 01/02/2012 11:45:00 AM:
>
> When I type rpm -i dpkg.rpm
> It installs the program.
> But then I loot at /
> And there is an extra folder named "${prefix}"
> I installed rpm from source with ./configure --prefix=/usr
> I have not tried "rpm -i dpkg.rpm -prefix="
>      Is that what you mean?
> What information do you need?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bobby G. Smith Jr.
>

> > From: jpyeron at pdinc.us
> > To: rpm-list at lists.rpm.org
> > Subject: RE: [rpm-list] RPM Help
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 07:54:48 -0500
> >
> > > From: dfsd dfd
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:33
> > > Subject: [rpm-list] RPM Help
> > >
> > >
> > > When I install an rpm, it creates a folder '/${prefix}/var/lib/
> rpm/' and puts
> > the package database files in
> > > it. I do not use ${prefix} as a code or symbol that is the
> literally the name
> > of the folder it creates. I
> > > have tried to install one packages but I don't have all of its
> dependencies.
> >
> > Going to need a lot more information than that.
> >
> > > How can I make it use the correct folder?
> >
> > But have you tried setting prefix to the empty string?
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Bobby G. Smith Jr.
> >
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