Create rpmbuild directory in your home directory if you haven't already. Move source files to rpmbuild/SOURCES directory and move spec file to rpmbuild/SPECS directory [tchung@localhost download]$ ls acroread.desktop acroread.patch1 acroread.patch2 acroread.png acroread.spec linux-508.tar.gz [tchung@localhost download]$ mv linux-508.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ [tchung@localhost download]$ mv *.patch* ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ [tchung@localhost download]$ mv *.desktop *.png ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ [tchung@localhost download]$ mv *.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ [tchung@localhost download]$