Source RPMS

[mandreko]

i normally like to download programs and compile them myself. I keep seeing "Source RPMS" available for programs i download. How do i go about compiling them, different from tar.gz or from normal RPMS?

[ph34r]

rpm --rebuild foo.src.rpm

when it is done, in the last few lines of output, you will see a message about creating a file /somwhere/in/usr/src/i/think/foo.rpm

Then just install that rpm file as normal.