<home/keith/Desktop/unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm';echo RESULT=$? warning: user machbuild not exist

[hughitt1]

I downloaded an fc4 rpm for UNRAR from pbone.net, but when i try to install it, i gi es me error messages:

<home/keith/Desktop/unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm';echo RESULT=$?
warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root
Result=0

and does not install. Anyone know if it's possible to modify the settings of the rpm to change the user from machbuild to something else?

[dylunio]

You seem to have a src.rpm file, try grabbing a .rpm file.

Try LONG Link if you have a x86 system.

[hughitt1]

Sorry, i'm still learning my way around linux... I know source files are code, but why would you need an rpm package for source code? Is it just for compression? Or is there something i'm missing?

[lakerdonald]

Not on topic, but dylunio:
With a src rpm, you could always just do:

rpm --rebuild unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm

[dylunio]

Not on topic, but dylunio:
With a src rpm, you could always just do:

rpm --rebuild unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm

I've tried that many times on rpm distro's and they never worked though I've never tried redhat/fedora which might be different.

So try installing as lakerdonald has suggested with

rpm --rebuild unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm

[spoon!]

The command to rebuild RPMs is

rpmbuild --rebuild whatever.src.rpm

But I recommend that you add either the Livna or the FreshRPMS/Dries repositories (but not both) and just install it with

yum install unrar

[lakerdonald]

Not on topic, but dylunio:
With a src rpm, you could always just do:

rpm --rebuild unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm

I've tried that many times on rpm distro's and they never worked though I've never tried redhat/fedora which might be different.

So try installing as lakerdonald has suggested with

rpm --rebuild unrar-3.5.4-1.2.fc4.src.rpm

That's because you need to have the rpmbuild package installed.