Use rpmbuild to build a custom RPM package on CentOS 7

Use rpmbuild to build a custom RPM package on CentOS 7

Install the necessary tools:

# yum install rpm-build rpmdevtools rpmlint

Create the necessary directories:

# rpmdev-setuptree

// or create them manually
# mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS,tmp}

# ls -l ~/rpmbuild

Set up the temporary directory:

# vim ~/.rpmmacros

%_tmppath %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild/tmp

Prepare some program/files for the RPM package:

# cd ~/rpmbuild
# mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/test-repo-1.0.0
# echo -e '#!/bin/sh\necho "Hello World"' > ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/test-repo-1.0.0/hello
# chmod +x ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/test-repo-1.0.0/hello
# tar zcvf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/test-repo-1.0.0.tar.gz -C ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ test-repo-1.0.0/

Edit the spec file:

# vim ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/test-repo.spec

%define NAME test-repo
%define VERSION 1.0.0
%define INSTALL_DIR /usr/local
%define OWNER root

# Disable creating debuginfo RPM
%define debug_package %{nil}

# Strip debug symbols (possibly making the program not funtion properly)
#%define __strip /bin/true

Name: %NAME
Version: %VERSION

# Refer to:
# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package
# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DistTag?rd=Packaging/DistTag
Release: 1%{?dist}

Summary: Package foo summary
Source: %NAME-%VERSION.tar.gz
License: MIT

# Refer to:
# cat /usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/GROUPS
Group: Development/Tools

%description
Package foo description.

%prep

# Start uncompressing
%setup -q

%build

%install

# Turn this on to find out the available environment variables.
#env

install -m 0755 -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%INSTALL_DIR/%NAME
#mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%INSTALL_DIR/%NAME
cp -r * ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%INSTALL_DIR/%NAME/

#make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%clean
rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/*
rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
rm -rf %_tmppath/*

%post
echo . .
echo .Wring some descripton here to show after package installation!.

%files
%INSTALL_DIR
%defattr(-,%OWNER,%OWNER)

%changelog

Validate the spec:

# cd ~/rpmbuild
# rpmlint SPECS/test-repo.spec

SPECS/test-repo.spec:10: W: macro-in-comment %define
SPECS/test-repo.spec:42: W: macro-in-comment %INSTALL_DIR
SPECS/test-repo.spec:42: W: macro-in-comment %NAME
SPECS/test-repo.spec: W: invalid-url Source0: test-repo-1.0.0.tar.gz
0 packages and 1 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 4 warnings.

Note: Do not worry if you see the warnings.

Build RPM without the source:

# cd ~/rpmbuild
# rpmbuild -v -bb SPECS/test-repo.spec

Build RPM with the source:

# rpmbuild -v -ba SPECS/test-repo.spec

Install the RPM:

# rpm -ivh RPMS/x86_64/test-repo-1.0.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

Check the RPM installation:

# ls -la /usr/local/test-repo/

List the installed RPM:

# rpm -qa | grep test-repo

test-repo-1.0.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64

List the files in the installed RPM:

# rpm -q --filesbypkg test-repo

test-repo                 /usr/local
test-repo                 /usr/local/test-repo
test-repo                 /usr/local/test-repo/hello

To find out which RPM a file belongs to:

# rpm -qf /usr/local/test-repo/hello

test-repo-1.0.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64

Remove the RPM:

# rpm -e test-repo

Reference:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package