*. Src. rpm package and * .tar.gz, *. rpm package

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1. Run rpm-ivh *. src. the rpm command to install it does not install the program and its data like the binary rpm package, it is To/usr/src/redhat (different releases may be slightly different). You have to compile and install the * .tar.gz source Package released by yourself.

2. If you use rpmbuild -- rebuild *. src. rpm to compile the file. After compilation, the file with the same name will be generated in the RPMS directory of/usr/src/linux (different releases may be slightly different *. rpm software package, you can install it this time: rpm-ivh *. rpm.

Source code in the form of * .tar.gz (please note that * .tar.gz is not the source code! Can be determined by the tar ztvf * .tar.gz column list) is a directory and file directly packaged and compressed ,*. src. in addition to the tar.gz package with the same name, rpm also has a description file (*. spec ).