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Pronomuos
Pronomuos

Reputation: 13

Create a meta-package in CentOS 8

I’m trying to create a meta-package in CentOS 8 that installs vim and nano.

I built rpm-package via spec file. The spec file:

Summary: It's just a test meta_package
Version: 0.1 
Release: 1
Group: Applications/Internet
License: GPL 
BuildArch: noarch
Requires: nano, vim

%description
A test meta_package.

%prep 

%build

%install

%clean

%post
yum install -y nano
yum install -y vim

%files
%defattr(-,root,root)

%changelog

Building

rpmbuild --bb meta_package.spec

Then I launch it like

rpm -I meta_package-0.1-1.noarch.rpm

But packages haven’t been installed. Is there any possible solution to that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 774

Answers (1)

Danila Vershinin
Danila Vershinin

Reputation: 9845

For meta-packages, you must not specify dependencies in the %post section.

You simply specify them with Requires: tag. Example:

Requires: nano
Requires: vim-enhanced

Then use a package manager like yum or dnf to satisfy dependencies at install time.

Upvotes: 1

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