using rpms for non-root installs

[Jorge Gallegos]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 04:06:35PM -0600, Mátyás Selmeci wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This may be a long shot, but I am interested in repackaging some RPMs (for
> example, some of the Globus packages in EPEL, as well as grid software that my
> group builds) such that the software in them may be installed by unprivileged
> users, or into a non-standard location such as an NFS share. I'd like to use
> existing RPMs, preferably binaries, as a starting point to avoid duplicating
> work. (Naturally a lot of post-install scripting would be needed to fix
> binaries such that they'd work with the path they were installed into).

Going out on a limb here but, probably you can use yum --installroot,
sorta like mock does.

> 
> Have there been any projects with this goal in mind?
> Have any of you had experience with this sort of thing and have tips, tools,
> etc. that might help me out in this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> -Mat
> --
> -Matyas Selmeci
> Open Science Grid Software Team
> Center for High Throughput Computing
> University of Wisconsin-Madison



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