Take the 2-minute tour ×  I need to install version 1.4 of
Subversion on a Suse 10.1 (64 bit) box. I can't change either of
these two versions and there isn't an RPM for this distro. After
looking around I assume that I'll have to create an RPM myself.
Is there a better way than this? If not does anyone have any
tips on the process?  I don't need a step-by-step tutorial, just
a basic outline of the process.  share|improve this question add
comment  8 Answers  up vote 5 down vote accepted  Rebuilding an
existing src.rpm is probably the easiest. I would definitely not
go the way of configure, make, make install because (a) that
doesn't scale, (b) doesn't provide for easy removal / upgrading
of the package and (c) is not atomic.  Building an RPM is not so
hard. There used to be a pretty good beginners tutorial at
Linux.com, before they destroyed the site. You can try this one,
but it's a lot of text, not easy to digest. Still, it's better
than nothing.  I'll give you a few pointers, out of the back of
my head: