How to build an RPM: Note: the following assumes that the RPM topdir is /usr/src/redhat . If you have set a different topdir in /usr/lib/rpm/macros or ~/.rpmmacros, adapt the below instructions where necessary. 1) Collect sources: Place scummvm-%{version}.tar.bz2 and libmad-0.15.1b.tar.bz2 in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES . If you have a different version of libmad, put the correct version numbers in the .spec file. Place scummvm.spec in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS . 2) Build the rpm: Change directory to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS . Run: rpmbuild -ba scummvm.spec The RPM should now be built and placed in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 and the source RPM in /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS Note: libmad is statically linked into the scummvm binary because Fedora does not carry a libmad package, so I did not want to make the scummvm package depend on them. You can get libmad from http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ .