SUMMARY

This guide describes the steps for packaging Manuskript for Linux using rpm. The resulting .rpm package runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Fedora based GNU/Linux distributions.

CONSIDERATIONS

This document is heavily based on the steps found in this stackoverflow.com post.

I chose Debian 8 Jessie as the build platform because I also use this to Package Manuskript for Linux with dpkg.

In an effort to reduce duplication of effort, I chose to use the above built .deb package as a base starting point.

PREPARATION

Install tools needed to build package.

sudo update
sudo apt install rpm

CREATE RPM PACKAGE

Create the rpm tree structure.

mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SRPMS,SPECS,tmp}
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch

Define rpm macros.

cat <<EOF >~/.rpmmacros
%_topdir   %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild
%_tmppath  %{_topdir}/tmp
EOF

Change into rpmbuild directory.
```
cd ~/rpmbuild
```

Create tarball using deb package.
Using deb package means we don't need to recreate /usr/bin/manuskript and /usr/share/application/manuskript.desktop files.

mkdir manuskript-0.5.0
dpkg -x /path-to/manuskript-0.5.0-1.deb manuskript-0.5.0
# Clean up unneeded source files
rm manuskript-0.5.0/usr/share/manuskript/{.codeclimate.yml,.gitignore,.travis.yml}
tar -czf manuskript-0.5.0.tar.gz manuskript-0.5.0/
mv manuskript-0.5.0.tar.gz SOURCES/
rm -rf manuskript-0.5.0/

Create SPECS/manuskript.spec file.
Fill with contents:

cat <<EOF > SPECS/manuskript.spec
# Don't try fancy stuff like debuginfo, which is useless on binary-only
# packages. Don't strip binary too
# Be sure buildpolicy set to do nothing
%define name    manuskript
%define version 0.5.0
%define release 1
%define        __spec_install_post %{nil}
%define          debug_package %{nil}
%define        __os_install_post %{_dbpath}/brp-compress

Summary: Manuskript open source tool for writers
Name: %{name}
Version: %{version}
Release: %{release}
License: GPL3+
Group: Applications/Editors
BuildArch: noarch
BuildRoot: %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
URL: http://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/
SOURCE0 : %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
Packager: Curtis Gedak <gedakc@gmail.com>
Provides: Manuskript
Requires: python3, python3-qt5, python3-lxml, zlib, python3-markdown, pandoc
%if 0%{?suse_version}
# Assume openSUSE
# Note - have to build rpm on openSUSE for this to work.
Requires: libQt5Svg5, python3-pyenchant
%else
# Assume Fedora and others
Requires: python3-qt5-webkit, qt5-qtsvg, python3-enchant
%endif

%description
Manuskript is an open source tool for writers.  It
provides a rich environment to help writers create
their first draft and then further refine and edit
their masterpiece.

%prep
%setup -q

%build
# Empty section.

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
mkdir -p  %{buildroot}

# in builddir
cp -a * %{buildroot}

%clean
rm -rf %{buildroot}

%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
/usr/bin/manuskript
/usr/share/applications/manuskript.desktop
/usr/share/manuskript/*

%changelog
# Empty section.

EOF

----- end manuskript.spec -----

Build the "binary" rpm package.
```
rpmbuild --target=noarch -bb SPECS/manuskript.spec
```
This should create the RPM file in:
RPMS/noarch/manuskript-0.5.0-1.noarch.rpm

PACKAGE INSTALL TEST

Install .rpm package with:

su -c "dnf install manuskript-0.5.0-1.noarch.rpm"

And try running manuskript.

Other useful commands:

Remove package with: su -c "dnf remove manuskript-0.5.0-1.noarch.rpm"
List package information with: rpm -qip manuskript-0.5.0-1.noarch.rpm
List package dependencies with: rpm -qRp manuskript-0.5.0-1.noarch.rpm

SUMMARY

CONSIDERATIONS

PREPARATION

CREATE RPM PACKAGE

PACKAGE INSTALL TEST

REFERENCES