I tried to build the rpm with the spec file and source file you provided, and it abosultely had no problems. The only thing I needed to modify was in the spec file as below. " %files /etc/X11/applnk/Graphics/kxstitch.desktop " to " %files /usr/share/applnk/Graphics/kxstitch.desktop " that's it. Copy the spec file to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS Copy the source file to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES Install all the dependency rpms downloaded from http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS and then execute this. #cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS #rpmbuild -ba kxstitch.spec that's it...your rpm will be there in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ I hope it will work for you....good luck... .... cheers Pradeep -----Original Message----- From: Munir Nassar [mailto:nassarmu at redconcepts.net] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:41 PM To: Twin Cities Linux Users Group Subject: [TCLUG] rpmbuild wierdness... I am about to smash my head against the wall here trying to build this rpm the original .src.rpm looks like it was built for a SuSE system but i was able to find all the dependencies and their RedHat counterparts. now when i build it i get the following: RPM build errors: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/local/kde/bin/kxstitch /usr/local/kde/share/applnk/Graphics/kxstitch.desktop /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/kxstitchui.rc /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/schemes/anchor.xml /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/schemes/dmc.xml /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/schemes/flossScheme.dtd /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/schemes/madeira.xml /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/appearance.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/backstitch.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/bl3q.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/blq.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/bltrhf.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/br3q.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/brq.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/colorpicker.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/eraser.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/f_ellipse.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/f_rect.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/frknot.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/full.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/o_ellipse.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/o_rect.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/paintbrush.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/pencil.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/s_ellipse.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/s_rect.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/tl3q.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/tlbrhf.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/tlq.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/tr3q.png /usr/local/kde/share/apps/kxstitch/toolbar/trq.png /usr/local/kde/share/doc/HTML/en/kxstitch/index.cache.bz2 /usr/local/kde/share/doc/HTML/en/kxstitch/index.docbook /usr/local/kde/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kxstitch.png /usr/local/kde/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/kxstitch.png /usr/local/kde/share/icons/locolor/32x32/apps/kxstitch.png /usr/local/kde/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kxstitch.mo the thing is that i am not installing in /usr/local/kde and i do have the appropriate --prefix=/usr and when i compile the package by hand all the files to to the proper places. for gits and shiggles i parsed the source and removed any reference to /usr/local and yet it still hates me. the .spec file that i am using is at: http://alkuds.redconcepts.net/kxstitch/kxstitch.spec and the .tar.bz2 that i am using (modified from the original source for kde3 and other things) is here: http://alkuds.redconcepts.net/kxstitch-0.1-rcn.tar.bz2 if anyone has rpm building exp. care to point me in the right direction? -- Munir Nassar Systems Administrator RedConcepts.NET _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list