install rpm in $HOME path

[munna_dude]

hi all
how to specify the $HOME path in spec file,
to install the files in $HOME..

is it possible..
if yes,
please tell me the way..
am very glad to send an appropriate spec file..
coz, i read some spec file nobudy given the path of $HOME...

please help me

thank you in advance

[kevkim55]

Are you trying to install an rpm in your home directory (is that what you really want) or is it that you writing a spec file by yourself and want to know how you can refer to user's home directory ?

[munna_dude]

is it that you writing a spec file by yourself and want to know how you can refer to user's home directory ?

yes exactly..

can yopu help me

thank you inadvance

[daark.child]

You can use the --root flag if you want to install an rpm to a different prefix. More info is in the rpm manual.

[bigtomrodney]

Remember that the rpm database is only accessable by root, so this might not be a viable method.

[daark.child]

Remember that the rpm database is only accessable by root, so this might not be a viable method.

You are right. One thing I forgot to mention is that many rpms cannot be installed into a different prefix even using the --root flag, because they are marked that way in the spec files.