On 5/30/07, Rayapudi Sandeep-mgb376 <rsandeep@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Hello Rayapudi
I am a newbie using RPM. Can anyone answer following quiries
I'm a newbie too ;)
- I want to update enviornment variables when I install an RPM. When I include some 'exports' in spec file, they are local to that shell. Is there any way I can export variables globally?
I think you can do a echo 'MYGLOBALVAR="somevalue"' >> /etc/bashrc in the % section to export your variable for bash users.
- And will I be able to undo these exports when I do uninstall?
Perhaps a sed -i.orig -e '/MYGLOBALVAR/d' /etc/bashrc in the %preun section could solve the problem.
- Can we chain installation of RPMs. Suppose, my application needs installation of JDK rpm along with actual RPM. Where can I include commands to install JDK?
You can include the JDK package into Requires: BuildRequire: java-jdk Depending your box, this name can be changed.
- Does RPM work on all shells (bash, korn, etc,.)?
Well, I've never tested this situation. You can test and send us the result ;)
Thnx, Sandeep
I really don't know if I made mistakes or if there is other way to do that. Please, send us other suggestions. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
