Tutorial 2 - How to build Xerces-C++ RPMs.

Download Xerces-C++ sources

KXML Editor version 2.x (currently in CVS) use Xerces-C++ parser. You need installed it for running new KXML Editor. This tutorial describes, how to make instalable RPMs from Xerces-C++ 2.7.0 sources. I have tested it on SuSE 9.2 running on AMD64. Download xerces-c-current.tar.gz from Xerces-C++ project pages.

Extracting sources

Look inside xerces-c-current.tar.gz - for example using Krusader and copy xerces-c-src_2_7_0 directory somewhere.

Prepare sources

Run terminal, switch to directory where is xerces-c-src_2_7_0 and make source tarball using:

		tar -zcvf xerces-c-src_2_7_0.tar.gz xerces-c-src_2_7_0

Download .spec file

Downnload file xerces-c.spec and save it to the same directory, where is xerces-c-src_2_7_0.tar.gz.

This file contain definition for create RPM. It is slightly different form file distributed in Xerces-C++ 2.7.0, because original .spec file has problems when used on 64 bit platforms. There is /%{_lib} instead of hardcoded /lib. This allow using correct lib64 directories instead of lib when compiled for 64 bit.

Build RPM packages

Build RPMs using commands (as root):

		cp xerces-c-src_2_7_0.tar.gz /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/

		rpmbuild -bb xerces-c.spec --target x86_64

Of course use correct --target for your machine - i686 etc... If all is correct, you will have RPMs in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/your-target directory. Install them using command (as root):

		rpm -Uvh xerces-c*.rpm