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by **Riyaz Mansoo** » Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:25:19

how can i force rpm to install foo.rpm to say /opt/foo and not the
default directory which could be /usr/local ?

riyaz

by **J Haywar** » Thu, 14 Jun 2001 05:57:14

Hi,

> how can i force rpm to install foo.rpm to say /opt/foo and not the
> default directory which could be /usr/local ?

--relocate oldpath=newpath

rpm -ivh --relocate /usr/local=/opt/foo foo.rpm

Some rpms are NOT relocatable.
You can use: --badreloc along with --relocate to force a non-relocatable
rpm to install, but this isn't adviseable.

Regards,
Jim H

by **Riyaz Mansoo** » Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:09:37

thanx J

but do i have to install it first to find the default directory? i checked
the man page for "relocate" and relocate always needs the original path i
assume. however, i came accrose "prefix" which _seems_ to do the same job
without supplying the directory. am i right on that?

thanx again

riyaz

> Hi,

> > how can i force rpm to install foo.rpm to say /opt/foo and not the
> > default directory which could be /usr/local ?

> --relocate oldpath=newpath

> rpm -ivh --relocate /usr/local=/opt/foo foo.rpm

> Some rpms are NOT relocatable.
> You can use: --badreloc along with --relocate to force a non-relocatable
> rpm to install, but this isn't adviseable.

> Regards,
> Jim H

by **J Haywar** » Fri, 15 Jun 2001 03:31:43

Hi,

> thanx J

> but do i have to install it first to find the default directory? i checked
> the man page for "relocate" and relocate always needs the original path i
> assume. however, i came accrose "prefix" which _seems_ to do the same job
> without supplying the directory. am i right on that?

Yes, you can use --prefix also, It works slightly different from
--relocate. --relocate only changes the install location of the files in
the directory you specifiy, ie oldpath. --prefix changes the install
locations of all files in the rpm.

To display a list of files, this will list the full path where they are
installed, in an rpm that hasn't been installed yet use:

rpm -qpl foo.rpm

or to display information about an uninstalled rpm. This will tell you if
the rpm is relocateable also:

rpm -qpi foo.rpm

or you can combine them in the same command:

rpm -qpli foo.rpm

Regards,
Jim H

by **Robert Davie** » Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:01:24

> Yes, you can use --prefix also, It works slightly different from
> --relocate. --relocate only changes the install location of the files in
> the directory you specifiy, ie oldpath. --prefix changes the install
> locations of all files in the rpm.

> To display a list of files, this will list the full path where they are
> installed, in an rpm that hasn't been installed yet use:

> rpm -qpl foo.rpm

Great explanation J!