Commit 40b0049f authored by Graham Leggett's avatar Graham Leggett
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Add further explanation on RPM packaging. 


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docs/manual/platform/rpm.html.en

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    <p>While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system

    supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the

    canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively

    provided versions of the packages.</p>



    <p>While the Apache httpd project does not currently create binary RPMs

    for the various distributions out there, it is easy to build your own

    binary RPMs from the native Apache httpd tarball.</p>



    <p>This document explains how to build, install, configure and run

    Apache 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>

    Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format.</p>



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<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#creating">Creating a Source RPM</a></li>
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      rpmbuild -tb httpd-2.4.x.tar.bz2

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    <p>Corresponding "-devel" packages will be required to be installed on your

    build system prior to building the RPMs, the <code>rpmbuild</code> command

    will automatically calculate what RPMs are required and will list any

    dependencies that are missing on your system. These "-devel" packages will

    not be required after the build is completed, and can be safely removed.</p>



    <p>If successful, the following RPMs will be created:</p>



    <dl>