Building RPMs

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Set up the build environment
1. Install necessary packages
```
sudo yum -y install gcc rpm-build
```
2. Create ~/.rpmmacros with the following content:
```
%packager       John Doe <jdoe@example.org>
%vendor         My Company

%_topdir        %{getenv:HOME}/rpm
```
  (The packager and vendor lines are optional)
3. Make sure the following folders exist, creating them if necessary:
  - rpm
  - rpm/BUILD
  - rpm/RPMS
  - rpm/SOURCES
  - rpm/SPECS
  - rpm/SRPMS
```
cd ~ && mkdir rpm rpm/BUILD rpm/RPMS rpm/SOURCES rpm/SPECS rpm/SRPMS
```
Copy source tarballs and any other file you wish to be part of the package to rpm/SOURCES
Create a spec file for the package and put it in rpm/SPECS
- For more information on creating a spec file, see: How to create an RPM package
Build the RPM
```
rpmbuild -ba rpm/SPECS/PACKAGE.spec
```
Two RPMs will be created. The binary will be in rpm/RPMS/architecture, and the source RPM will be in rpm/SRPMS.