Best Method:

Use : https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linuxlefty/tar2rpm/master/tar2rpm.sh

1. ensure rpmbuild is installed (yum install rpm-build)

2. tar up the files you want :

cd /
tar cpvf /root/files_to_convert_to_rpm.tar /var/some_dir/ /usr/local/bin/some_file etc.
cd /root/
./tar2rpm.sh --target / --name YOUR_RPM_NAMEHERE --version 1 files_to_convert_to_rpm.tar

3. done




Old Method:

1. Make sure the rpmbuild tools are installed:

yum install rpm-build


2. create the following script and run it:


#!/bin/bash
PACKAGE_NAME=your_package_name
VERSION=1
FILE_LIST="/etc/file_1 /usr/local/bin/file_2  /usr/local/bin/file_3 /home/whole_dir_will_be_included"


rm -fR /tmp/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION
mkdir /tmp/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION
tar czpvf /tmp/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tgz $FILE_LIST
cd /tmp/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION
tar xzpvf $PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tgz
rm $PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tgz
cd ..
# make sure you use .tar.gz and not .tgz
tar czpvf /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tar.gz $PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/


for the spec file:





Summary: my misc files rpm
Name: mypac
Version: 1
Release: 1
License: none
Group: System/Base
BuildArch: i386
Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root

%description
my misc files rpm

%prep
%setup -q

%build

%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/
install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/bin/
install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/blah/

install etc/file_1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/file_1
install install home/blah/*  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/home/blah/
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
%dir /etc/
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
/etc/file_1
list each file here
a dir with wildcard will work too

%post

%changelog
* Thu Jan 14 2016 root <root@server.com> - mypack-1
- Initial build.













1. decide on the package name. i'll use "mypack"
2. decide on a version number. i'll use 1
3. tar up the files you want to have in the rpm:

mkdir /tmp/mypack-1
tar czpvf /tmp/mypack-1/mypack.tgz /etc/blah.txt /usr/local/bin/blah.php /usr/local/bin/blah2.php
cd /tmp/mypack-1
tar xzpvf mypack.tgz
rm mypack.tgz
cd ..
# make sure you use .tar.gz and not .tgz
tar czpvf /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/httpd-tools-1.tar.gz httpd2-tools-1/
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/