To build RPMS as a local user, you need to create rpmbuild directory in your home directory.
Thanks to Rui Miguel Seabra's suggestion.
[tchung@localhost tchung]$ cd ~ [tchung@localhost tchung]$ cp -a /usr/src/redhat/ rpmbuild [tchung@localhost tchung]$ echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' >> .rpmmacros
Another method to create rpmbuild directory in your home directory is using fedora-rpmdevtools
Thanks to Mr. Warren Togami's suggestion.
1) Install fedora-rpmdevtools binary RPM from Fedora Extras for your Fedora release. $ sudo yum install fedora-rpmdevtools 2) As a non-root user, run fedora-buildrpmtree to create rpmbuild directory. $ fedora-buildrpmtreeThanks to Jef Spaleta's suggestion, here is another way of building RPM as non-root:
ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/hacks/rpmbuild-nonroot-1.0.tar.gz
Also it's good idea to add yourself in the /etc/sudoers file
# User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL tchung ALL=(ALL) ALL So you can install binary RPMS with sudo command as a local user Notice in below that you can't install RPMS as a local user but you CAN if you use sudo command. [tchung@localhost i386]$ ls acroread-5.0.8-fc1.i386.rpm [tchung@localhost i386]$ rpm -Uvh acroread-5.0.8-fc1.i386.rpm error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm [tchung@localhost i386]$ sudo rpm -Uvh acroread-5.0.8-fc1.i386.rpm Password: (enter your password NOT root password) Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:acroread ########################################### [100%] [tchung@localhost i386]$ Once a user has been authenticated, a timestamp is updated and the user may then use sudo without a password for a short period of time (5 minutes by default).
You might also add '%debug_package %{nil}' to .rpmmacros to avoid building the debug packages.
echo '%debug_package %{nil}' >> .rpmmacros
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