What is the minimum I have to do to create an RPM file?

Question

I just want to create an RPM file to distribute my Linux binary \"foobar\", with only a couple of dependencies. It has a config file, /etc/foobar.conf and should be installe

Answer 1

If make config works for your program or you have a shell script which copies your two files to the appropriate place you can use checkinstall. Just go to the directory where your makefile is in and call it with the parameter -R (for RPM) and optionally with the installation script.