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author: Justin W. Flory
title: "How to build an RPM package - April 20, 4pm"
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date: 2018-04-16
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Hi RITlug!

Welcome to Week 13! RITlug is back again this week – here's what we're covering
this week:


### How to build an RPM package

Join RITlug on **Friday, April 20** at **4:00pm in GOL-2620** (medium DB lab)
for _How to build an RPM package_ from Tim Zabel and Aidan Kahrs!

Ever found a great piece of software, but it isn't packaged in your
distribution? Come learn how to package your own application! We will go over
the process of creating an RPM package on Fedora from start to finish, including
a live demo!


### tl;dr details

* **Day**: Friday, April 20th, 2018
* **Time**: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
* **Where**: GOL-2620 (large DB lab, 2nd floor of GCCIS)
* **What to bring**: Laptop (with Fedora or a Fedora virtual machine)


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hello when you join!

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We hope to see you this week! As always, keep the FOSS flag high.

Cheers,
- Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory)


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