How to change rpmbuild default directory form /root/rpmbuild directory to other

Question

I have to build a rpm package for some drivers. I need to build the rpm from a .tar.gz archive. The tar ball also contains the .spec file. I have set up my rpmbuild environment as described here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SetupRpmBuildEnvironment My directory structure is thus: ``` /home/rpmbuild /home/rpmbuild/BUILD /home/rpmbuild/RPMS /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES /home/rpmbuild/SPECS /home/rpmbuild/SRPMS ``` The .tar.gz file contains the specfile and is placed in /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES If I then navigate to that directory and run the following, the rpm package is built correctly, but is placed in /root/rpmbuild/RPMS instead of /home/rpmbuild/RPMS (where I expected it to be). ``` sudo rpmbuild -ta driver.tar.gz ``` I assume this is because I ran rpmbuild with sudo. Am I thinking of this correctly? Is there a way to direct it to build in /home/rpmbuild instead? I know it is bad practice to use rpmbuild as root, but if I don't run it as root I run into many errors (not having permissions…

Accepted Answer

Don't create setup-tree for rpm with command as:

```
rpmdev-setuptree
```

Make rpm tree where you want to build the rpm with the command as given below:

```
mkdir -p rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
```

Now, copy the appropriate files in the folders as specs and tar.gz and run the following command in the rpmbuild directory:

```
rpmbuild --define "_topdir `pwd`" -v -ba SPECS/{*spec_file.specs*}
```

How to change rpmbuild default directory form /root/rpmbuild directory to other

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