Am 08.03.2013 19:32, schrieb Patrick Dupre: > Anyway, I was able to find a package qtiplot compiled for fedora 18. > I would have even try to rebuild from the sources if I could fine > compilable sources! > If there was a straight way of doing the job, I would have do it! man rpmbuild http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package this is really no rocket science i use a lot of things whiche are not available in a RPM form BUT my rule is * NEVER install any binary outside of RPM * NEVER build any software as root * NEVER call "make install" to screw my systems * ALWAYS use rpmbuild/SPEC-Files with a dedicated user * ALWAYS generate src.rpm packages and archive them for later there is no single reason to act any other way if something can not be packaged clean ina RPM it can not be installed in a clean way at all and this way i am able to work with a fedora setup over many years with dist-upgrades and you can be pretty sure any of my machin e sinstalled with F) years ago are as clean as a fresh install because it saves me a lot of troubles make dist-upgrades and do the cleanups and perfection of the config/envirnonment while the machines are in production instead start twice a year from scratch
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