rpmbootstrap(1) - Linux man page

Name

rpmbootstrap - creates a chrooted RPM based distribution a la debootstrap, aka Virtual Environment (VE)

Description

rpmbootstrap creates a chroot environment (Virtual Environment or VE ) with a minimal distribution in it, suited for building packages for example. It's very much like debootstrap but for RPM based distribution. It aims at supporting all distributions supported by project-builder;org ( RHEL , RH , Fedora, OpeSUSE, SLES , Mandriva, ...)

It is inspired by work done by Steve Kemp for rinse (http://www.steve.org.uk/), and similar to mock, but fully integrated with project-builder.org (which also supports rinse and mock).

Synopsis

rpmbootstrap [-vhmqpdk][-s script][-i iso][-a pkg1[,pkg2,...]] distribution-version-arch [target-dir] [mirror [script]]

pb [--verbose][--help][--man][--quiet][--print-rpms][--download-only][--keep][--add pkg1,[pkg2,...]][--script script][--iso iso] distribution-version-arch [target-dir] [mirror [script]]

Options

-v│--verbose

Print a brief help message and exits.

-h│--help

Print a brief help message and exits.

--man

Prints the manual page and exits.

-q│--quiet

Do not print any output.

-p│--print-rpms

Print the packages to be installed, and exit. Note that a target directory must be specified so rpmbootstrap can determine which packages should be installed, and to resolve dependencies. The target directory will be deleted.

-d│--download-only

Download packages, but don't perform installation.

-k│--keep

Keep packages in the cache dir for later reuse. By default remove them.

-s│--script script

Name of the script you want to execute on the related VEs after the installation. It is executed in host environment. You can use the chroot command to execute actions in the VE .

-i│--iso iso_image

Name of the ISO image of the distribution you want to install on the related VE .

-a│--add pkg1[,pkg2,...]

Additional packages to add from the distribution you want to install on the related VE at the end of the chroot build.

Arguments

distribution-version-arch

Full name of the distribution that needs to be installed in the VE . E.g. fedora-11-x86_64.

target-dir

This is the target directory under which the VE will be created. Created on the fly if needed. If none is given use the default directory hosting VE for project-builder.org (Cf: vepath parameter in $HOME/.pbrc)

Example

To setup a Fedora 12 distribution with an i386 architecture issue:

rpmbootstrap fedora-12-i386 /tmp/fedora/12/i386

Web Sites

The main Web site of the project is available at <http://www.project-builder.org/>. Bug reports should be filled using the trac instance of the project at <http://trac.project-builder.org/>.

User Mailing List

Cf: <http://www.mondorescue.org/sympa/info/pb-announce> for announces and <http://www.mondorescue.org/sympa/info/pb-devel> for the development of the pb project.

Configuration File

Uses Project-Builder.org configuration file (/etc/pb/pb.conf or /usr/local/etc/pb/pb.conf)

Authors

The Project-Builder.org team <http://trac.project-builder.org/> lead by Bruno Cornec <mailto:bruno@project-builder.org>.

Copyright

Project-Builder.org is distributed under the GPL v2.0 license described in the file "COPYING" included with the distribution.