====== Preparing your working environment ======


===== Needed packages =====
Before you start, you need to install a recent version of: 


  * ''cvs'' 
  * ''rpm-build-macros'' 
  * ''rpm-build-tools'' 
The latter contains the ''builder'' script itself. 



===== Preconfiguration =====
To initialize your working directory, invoke: 



<file>builder --init-rpm-dir
</file>
''builder'' will create all the necessary directories under //~/rpm/// and create initial config for ''cvs''. This is essentially all the work needed to build the packages for your own use. 

In case you also need to commit your changes back, edit the //~/rpm/packages/CVS/Root// to contain your login instead of the anonymous ''cvs@'' account.