{-Hawkwind-} http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RPMSetupScript {-Hawkwind-} http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo {-Hawkwind-} The second one contains a link to the first one there <-( ardchoille )-> Why didn't they just put all that on one page? Since they're related anyway {-Hawkwind-} It is on one page {-Hawkwind-} The first link is actually a link to a downloadable script <-( ardchoille )-> then why have two URL's? {-Hawkwind-} The second link contains all the information. I posted the direct link to the script incase he wanted just that <-( ardchoille )-> I know, I know, I'm picky {-Hawkwind-} Read the second URL, it links to the first one <-( InQuI )-> so where is $home ? {-Hawkwind-} InQuI: /home/your-user <-( InQuI )-> when it is not /home/ <-( ardchoille )-> no, I was wondering why Mandriva has two diff URL's for the same thing <-( InQuI )-> thx {-Hawkwind-} InQuI: Building rpms is always done as NORMAL user {-Hawkwind-} ardchoille: They don't {-Hawkwind-} ardchoille: The first one is a direct link to the script that you can download if you want to just download the script <~*~> ardchoille <~*~> Hawkwind: yes, they do {-Hawkwind-} That link comes from the first URL <-( ardchoille )-> oh, well that's confusing <-( ardchoille )-> but I think they are confused anyway {-Hawkwind-} Your rpm program is then setup to build packages. All of the above can be done in one shot (for i586) by running RPMSetupScript. (*ardchoille) hides {-Hawkwind-} RPMSetupScript being the link to the script. That paragraph came from the second URL