How would I specify in the spec file where to install the RPM to?

[Fabricio Cannini]

Em 26-03-2014 13:10, Kyle Crumpton (kcrumpto) escreveu:
> Hi Fabricio.
>
> These are two concepts I wasn't familiar with.
>
> When I went to /usr/lib/rpm/macros I noticed that it had
>
> %_prefix 		/usr
>
> I changed this to /opt and saw no change in where it was installed too..

You did this in the spec file, right ?

> it still installs to /BUILD.
> The build root is set to
> 232:%_buildrootdir		%{_topdir}/BUILDROOT
> 235:%buildroot		%{_buildrootdir}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}
>
>
> And when I look at _topdir it points to %{getenv:HOME}/rpmbuild..

It seems there is something wrong with your macros.

The 'BUILD' directory ( %_builddir ) is usually '%_topdir/BUILD' .

Is there any '.rpmmacros' file in your $HOME ? If so, what is the 
content of it ?