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My SuSE machine does not have really broad broadband so download/installing large packages with YAST is a real challenge. I located Ethereal (IE: Wireshark) for Linux and downloaded the thing ...
  1. 08-22-2008 #1
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    What to do with a ".src.rpm" file?

    My SuSE machine does not have really broad broadband so download/installing large packages with YAST is a real challenge. I located Ethereal (IE: Wireshark) for Linux and downloaded the thing at work to take home and install on SuSE. What I received was a .src.rpm file. RPMs are suppose to be binaries, I thought, so what does the "src" imply? Can I direct YAST at this file and he'll know what to do with it? Can a run RPM against this file? It's not even zipped or tarred. Is rpmbuild something I might need to read up on?

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    The src.rpm contains the spec file needed to build a regular rpm. You can find some instructions here. Post back if you got any problems or questions.
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