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Hi Glenn, re: > I've attached a tar file which contains the parts necessary for you > to build ldm rpms. Simply untar the file into your home dir. Edit > the .rpmmacros file to your info, put the ldm-6.4.5.tar.Z source tar > into ~/rpm/SOURCE. Cd to ~/rpm/SPEC and enter "rpmbuild -ba ldm.spec. > If you edit the ldm.spec to add the platform to the release i.e. > "Release: 1" --> "Release:1fc5" then -1fc5 will be included in the > output file names indicating that it was built on an fc5 machine. Feel > free to use and distribute the kit and or the resulting rpms. To use > the rpms, simply install them as root. Edit the .conf files to your > spec and enter "service ldm start". You can examine what was install > and were with the "rpm -ql ldm" command. Thanks for the useful tips on creating RPMs! Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DMM-577826 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed