Notes: * The wiki glosses over a little and gives u an incorrect dir * the spec file expects 1.1.5 tar.gz # cd /usr/src # tar zxvf /root/Desktop/freeradius-1.1.6.tar.gz # cp /root/Desktop/freeradius-1.1.6.tar.gz /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/freeradius-1.1.5.tar.gz # cp freeradius-1.1.6/suse/freeradius.spec /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ # rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/freeradius.spec ^ that gets me to this point here: [root@localhost src]# rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/freeradius.spec sh: apxs2-prefork: command not found sh: apxs2-prefork: command not found sh: apxs2-prefork: command not found error: Failed build dependencies: apache2-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 db-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 gettext-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 mysql-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 net-snmp-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 openldap2-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 postgresql-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 unixODBC-devel is needed by freeradius-1.1.5-0.generic.i386 now checking yum and smart --gui I do not see apache2-devel for starters. So for the mean time I am back to compiling as rpm's are causing the issues they are famous for. If some1 has some tips on resolving dependancies I will be intrested. But I do not see what it needs apache2 headers anyway.