installing source rpm fails with error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

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Issue

  • Installing source rpm fails with error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
 $ rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-194.el5.src.rpm
   warning: kernel-2.6.18-194.el5.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
   error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5.

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