Building my first RPM

[Jan Zelený]

On 20. 2. 2015 at 04:49:38, Blaxton wrote:
> I am trying to build Python RPM and trying to keep .spec file as simple as I
> can. build, compile, install and package is completed and now I have the
> binary RPMto install, but getting below error at the time of installation:
> error: failed dependencies:
>         /usr/local/bin/python is needed by Python-3.4.2-1
> any idea what I am doing wrong ?Do I need to have python 2 ? to have python
> 3 installed ?or I am missing some thing in .spec file ?
> 
> For now I am packaging what ever it is in buildroot directory.
> 
> make DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} install
> 
> 
> %files
> %defattr(-,root,system,-)
> /usr/local/bin/*
> /usr/local/lib/*
> /usr/local/share/*
> /usr/local/include/*

For packaging something as complex as Python I'd use some existing spec file as 
template. I am also not sure how simple can the final package be and still work 
well. Spec file of Python 2.7.9 in Fedora rawhide has ~1000 lines of actual 
code/declarations.

Anyway, there is not much information to go on in your question. Could you 
send a list of files actually contained in the rpm package you are trying to 
install and the list of dependencies of that package? Also, are you using rpm 
to install the package or some higher level installer like yum or dnf? Also 
seeing the spec file might help a lot.

If I had to guess, /usr/local/bin/python is not packaged in your rpm for 
whatever reason and that's why you see the error message.

Finally, I'd like to point out that there are more suitable lists for this 
question like Fedora devel list, where most of the skilled Fedora packagers 
lurk.

Thanks
Jan