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#002: Preparing the package building environment on PLD Linux

patrys — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:40:40 +0000

This time you can see how easy it is to build your own packages on PLD Linux. While PLD is a binary rpm distribution, you can use the builder script to build new packages just like you use emerge on Gentoo.

Unfortunately the quality on this clip is somewhat low so keep your eyes peeled not to miss a single detail.

Tips

Use builder --init-rpm-dir once to prepare your home directory for the package building goodness
Use builder -bb to build binary rpm packages you can install later
poldek -n home will use the locally available packages instead of the ones that come from the distribution
Never use your root account for building packages

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Preparing the package building environment on PLD Linux (1MB)

#001: Fun with poldek

patrys — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:13:21 +0000

To get things started, here is the first screencast - playing around with poldek.

poldek is the program responsible for package management in PLD Linux. While it internally makes use of rpm it also has a big set of unique features and offers an interactive shell as opposed to most similar command line tools.

Things shown in the screencast

Updating the repository cache
Starting the interactive shell
Switching between repositories and the locally installed packages
Searching for packages using their names, description fields, searching for particular files and provided capabilities
Reading package descriptions
Upgrading packages
The builtin grep command
Launching external command using the exclamation mark prefix

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Fun with poldek (3.2MB)