This is the readme for RPM version 2.2.9, written by 1 Requirements. First make sure you have at least IXEmul v45.0 installed. These packages are needed to be able to compile rpm: * gettext * gdbm * zlib These extra packages are needed to run rpm: * cpio 2 Installation. These are the things you'll have to do to install this package. * cd * tar -xzvf rpm-2.2.9-src.tar.gz * cd rpm-2.2.9 * configure --prefix=/gg * make * make install Now it's time to edit the file "gg:lib/rpmrc" to correspond to your system setup. Change the following entry: * topdir: /place/to/store/RPM/packages Make sure points to a _harddisk_ directory (the ram disk doesn't allow the use of softlinks): * tmppath: /place/on/your/hard/disk Add the following entry: * builddir: /place/where/RPM/will/build/packages It is recommended to let and point to two different partitions. Now create the following directories in : * RPMS * RPMS/m68k * SOURCES * SRPMS * SPECS Create the "rpm" directory in "gg:lib". makedir gg:lib/rpm Now it's time to initialise the rpm database with: rpm --initdb 3 Problems and bugs. Please contact me if you experience any problems with or find bugs in this package. Please remember: "A bug not know of is a bug not fixed".