Re: [Libphidget-devel] Teaser ;)

[Jack S. <js...@ja...>]

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 17:56, Jack Strohm wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 17:15, Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > -----------------8<-----------------------------------------------
> > 15:11:42 root@freehold:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386$ rpm -Uvh --nodeps libphidget-0.1p0-1.i386.rpm 
> > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> >    1:libphidget             ########################################### [100%]
> > 
> > 15:12:03 root@freehold:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386$ rpm -qi libphidget                  
> > Name        : libphidget                   Relocations: (not relocateable)
> > Version     : 0.1p0                             Vendor: (none)
> > Release     : 1                             Build Date: Mon 09 Sep 2002 03:09:18 PM MST
> > Install date: Mon 09 Sep 2002 03:11:52 PM MST      Build Host: freehold.crocodile.org
> > Group       : Development/Tools             Source RPM: libphidget-0.1p0-1.src.rpm
> > Size        : 617820                           License: LGPL
> > Summary     : Phidget Library
> > Description :
> > Phidget Library provides C/C++ library to operate the Phidget family of
> > devices (http://www.phidgets.com/).
> > -----------------8<-----------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Doesn't mean it works, though ;) Figuring out how to do the symlinks.
> > 
> 
> cool!
> 
> good luck!
> 

you said you had to be root to run make rpm, why is that.  Is it making
and installing an RPM?