rpmbuild simple copy of files

Question

Looking for someone to just clarify the %install macro when it comes to just placing files. I created a RPM without errors that is supposed to just take files f

Answer 1

%install section is executed on your machine during buildtime of your package. In this section you should create the file structure in %{buildroot}. It is not your task to copy it final destination on client machine.

So you should do something like:

%install
mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/lib
cp -a some-your-file-from-extracted-targz %{buildroot}/usr/lib/

and then in %files section:

%files
/usr/lib/foobar.bin
/usr/lib/somedir/

Rpm will then takes all listed files in %files section from %buildroot and will put it in package.