question about srpms

[Janina Sajka]

Well, we're in open source here, right? So, the SRPM packages provide
the source code which generated the binary RPM packages you usually
install from.

And, yes, you can compile from these, if you have reason to. You install
them the ordinary way:

rpm -iv [srpm-package-name.rpm]

This puts the sources in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCE and the .spec file in
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS. From there you can tweak, rebuild with rpmbuild,
etc.

This is how the Speakup Modified is generated, by the way.

Scott Berry writes:
> Hello there list,
> 
> It has been a while since I have worked with Redhat.  I know that 
> srpms are source packages.  What are their purposes.  Do you compile 
> these for what you want?  Just can't remember what their use is.
> 
> 
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