How to make a RPM package
How to make a RPM package RPM is a versatile Linux packaging originally meant for Red Hat Linux (now RHEL) but now ported to Fedora Linux, Clear linux, and many more distro's. In my opinion, it is more cleaner and refined than the .deb format, DPKG, and APT, (used by Debian Linux and it's derivatives.) NOTE: The package was made on a CentOS 7 Virtual machine and was tested on a Fedora Linux 33 virtual machine. Step one, dependencies: yum install rpm-build rpm-devel rpmlint make diffutils patch rpmdevtools Step two, setup build directory mkdir $HOME/rpmmaker Step three, create a specifications file: Name: test Version: 1 Release: 1 Summary: a test RPM package License: None %description This is my first RPM package, which does nothing. %prep # We have nothing to prepare. %build cat > hello-world <<EOF #!/bin/sh echo Hello world EOF %install mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/bin/ install -m 755 hello-world %{buildroot}/usr/bin/hello-world %files /usr/bin/hel