Re: RPM for Icecat

[alexus / dotcommon]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:17:35 +0000, Bruno Miguel
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Today, I installed Fedora 12 as my main GNU/Linux distribution (in
> fact, main and only) and now I'm trying to create an RPM for Icecat.
> For that, I reused Firefox spec file, but I'm getting a lot of errors
> that prevent me from creating the RPM.
> 
> I'm completely stuck with this, since it's the first time I try to
> create an RPM. So, I ask if anyone managed to create one and if you
> could share the instructions with me.

have you tried to convert the IceCat package from DEB to RPM simply using
the 'alien' command?

http://linux.die.net/man/1/alien
http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/RPM-for-Unix-HOWTO-8.html
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=64419

hope it will help

regards
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