Recompiling an RPM Ready for Your Distribution

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# B. Recompiling an RPM Ready for Your Distribution

If your distribution appears in the list on Section 3.1 but you can't find the binary package for your platform (for example x86_64), you can easily create the RPM compatible with your system following this steps:

1. Have installed compiler and development packages on your system

2. Download the source RPM file (`.src.rpm` extension) for your distribution from Section 3.1. For example, on Fedora 5, the correct source package is this one.

3. As root, do this command:

       bash# rpmbuild --rebuild [the .src.rpm file you just downloaded]

4. Find the binary RPMs for your platform at `/usr/src/rpm` or `/usr/src/redhat`.

5. Send them to us so we can publish them on this documentation.

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