diff --git a/rpm/README b/rpm/README
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-1. Setup
-
-yum install gcc make autoconf automake expat-devel openssl-devel
-
-Fedora:
-
-yum install fedora-packager
-cd ~
-rpmdev-setuptree
-
-CentOS:
-
-mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
-
-Then make a tarball of sources:
-
-tar czf libstrophe_git.tar.gz libstrophe
-
-2. Build
-
-cp libstrophe.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
-cp libstrophe_git.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
-rpmbuild -bb ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/libstrophe.spec
-
-3. Install
-
-yum localinstall ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/libstrophe-1.1<dist>.<arch>.rpm
-
-Or, if localinstall is not recognised:
-
-rpm -i ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/libstrophe-1.1<dist>.<arch>.rpm
diff --git a/rpm/libstrophe.spec b/rpm/libstrophe.spec
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-Name:		libstrophe
-Version:	1
-Release:	1%{?dist}_git
-Summary:	xmpp library in C
-
-Group:		Application/System
-License:	MIT/GPLv3
-URL:		http://strophe.im/libstrophe/
-Source0:	libstrophe_git.tar.gz
-
-BuildRequires:	autoconf
-BuildRequires:	automake
-BuildRequires:	libtool
-BuildRequires:	openssl-devel
-BuildRequires:	expat-devel
-Requires:	openssl
-Requires:	expat
-
-%description
-XMPP library in C
-
-%package        devel
-Summary:        Headers and libraries for building apps that use libstrophe
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description    devel
-This package contains headers and libraries required to build applications that
-use the strophe XMPP library.
-
-%prep
-%setup -n libstrophe
-./bootstrap.sh
-
-%build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-%install
-make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_libdir}/libstrophe.so*
-%doc
-
-%files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_libdir}/libstrophe.a
-%{_libdir}/libstrophe.la
-%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libstrophe.pc
-%{_includedir}/strophe.h
-%doc
-
-%changelog