RPM package

[rhiokim]

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resources

• http://daddy-linux.blogspot.kr/2012/02/convert-deb-to-rpm-or-rpm-to-deb.html

[mtelesha]

But I don't want to have a perl script converting. <Lazy> I usually just compile the program instead. <not lazy?>

[rhiokim]

Ah~ I have not a RPM packaging experiences :-( Could you show me the stuff for nice RPM works?

How about this? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package

[jdoss]

+1 to this. That is a good resource for creating RPM packages, but another good resource for understanding RPM and building packages is http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ -- It's a bit dated but it gives a solid break down of RPM as a whole.

[mtelesha]

I think SUSE Build service is a amazing package builder for most distros. Build once in the system and it builds the different packages. It also host the files.

OpenSUSE Build Service

Documentation

[jdoss]

Quick and dirty install steps for Fedora 20 Alpha 64bit for those that want to give Haroopad a try while waiting for an official RPM. No warrenty. You break it you buy it.

#Fix symlinks
ln -s /usr/lib64/libudev.so.1 /usr/lib64/libudev.so.0

#Get source and extract
mkdir /tmp/haroopad
cd /tmp/haroopad
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9qc6e04rm0th0e/haroopad-v0.7.0_amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf haroopad-v0.7.0_amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf data.tar.gz 

#Copy Haroopad files to correct locations
cp usr/bin/haroopad /usr/bin/haroopad
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/haroopad.png
cp usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/haroopad.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/haroopad.png
mkdir /usr/share/haroopad/
cp usr/share/haroopad/nw.pak /usr/share/haroopad/nw.pak
cp usr/share/haroopad/haroopad /usr/share/haroopad/haroopad
cp usr/share/applications/Haroopad.desktop /usr/share/applications/Haroopad.desktop
cp usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list

# Lazy replace to fix menu icon
# /usr/bin/replace provided by mysql-server or mariadb-server on FC20 (yum install mariadb-server) or you can manually edit the file with the changes.
replace Icon=haroopad Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/haroopad.png Exec=haroopad Exec=/usr/bin/haroopad -- /usr/share/applications/Haroopad.desktop

#Clean up sources
rm -rf /tmp/haroopad

#Quick Uninstall
rm -f /usr/bin/haroopad
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/haroopad.png
rm -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/haroopad.png
rm -rf /usr/share/haroopad/
rm -f /usr/share/applications/
rm -f /usr/share/applications/Haroopad.desktop
rm -f /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list
rm -f /usr/lib64/libudev.so.0

[bachy]

hello, thanks for the install process. on mageia 3, if i try to launch via gnome, haroopad start launching then quit (~/.config/haroopad is created) if i try to type haroopad command on terminal i have this error : [18662:1121/122036:INFO:CONSOLE(343)] "Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'moment'", source: module.js (343) i need some advices to go further

[rhiokim]

@bachy It'll be fixed at next release.

[prateek-khandelwal]

I was getting this error when launching haroopad via terminal (after executing the given copy instructions)

[10052:1224/210158:INFO:CONSOLE(427)] "Uncaught Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/usr/share/haroopad/Libraries/.locales/en/menu.json'", source: fs.js (427)

Turns out, we'll have to add one more copy instruction -

sudo cp -r usr/share/haroopad/Libraries /usr/share/haroopad/Libraries

Application launches just fine then,

it would be cool if these copy and remove instructions can be provided along with the source tarball as install and uninstall scripts

[bachy]

hello, i retried to install haroopad-v0.12.0_amd64 with the @jdoss's method but again it didn't work :( but, i have a new message :

[10650:0427/170710:INFO:CONSOLE(343)] "Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'fs-extra'", source: module.js (343)

any idea ?

[bachy]

@rhiokim any news for me ??

[bachy]

hello,

finally get haroopad working on my distrib mageia using alien to convert deb to rpm. see here http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-18221.php#m175477

[rhiokim]

@bachy Thank you for the great tip Really nice job for RPM users

[LukeShortCloud]

I would love to help contribute an official RPM spec file for compiling an RPM for Haroopad, using the latest binary from here. Using alien is a very hacky "solution." Once you have the spec file, it's as simple as running the "rpmbuild" command on it from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or similar) based system to create an RPM package.

However, I couldn't find any files related to building the deb packages. Are those publicly available somewhere? That would be a great reference, otherwise the steps that jdoss already mentioned earlier should translate nicely into an RPM spec file.

[Mebus]

+1