diff --git a/drspine.spec b/drspine.spec
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+%global srcname drspine
+%global summary Data reduction software for the Neutron Spin Echo method.
+%global _libdir %{_prefix}/lib
+%define release 1
+%define python3_pkgversion 3
+%define __unzip /usr/bin/unzip
+%define __copydir cp -a
+
+Name:           %{srcname}
+Version:        1.4.3
+Release:        %{release}%{?dist}
+
+Summary:        %{summary}
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://code.ornl.gov/zp1/drspine/ 
+Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        appendix.zip
+Source2:        cprotect.zip
+Source3:        draftwatermark.zip
+Source4:        relsize.zip
+
+BuildRequires:  gcc, gcc-gfortran, libgfortran%{?_isa}, compat-libgfortran-48%{?_isa}, make, python%{python3_pkgversion}, python%{python3_pkgversion}-build, python%{python3_pkgversion}-pip, gr, python%{python3_pkgversion}-gr, texlive-collection-latex, texlive-bigfoot, texlive-mathtools, texlive-cm-super, texlive-epstopdf, texlive-kpathsea
+Requires:       libgfortran%{?_isa}, compat-libgfortran-48%{?_isa}, python%{python3_pkgversion}, python%{python3_pkgversion}-build, python%{python3_pkgversion}-pip, gr, python%{python3_pkgversion}-gr, texlive-collection-latex, texlive-bigfoot, texlive-mathtools, texlive-cm-super, texlive-epstopdf, texlive-kpathsea,texlive-pgfplots, python%{python3_pkgversion}-ipython, python%{python3_pkgversion}-scipy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-numpy, python%{python3_pkgversion}-matplotlib  
+
+
+%description
+%{summary}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%{__unzip} -q %{SOURCE1}
+%{__unzip} -q %{SOURCE2}
+%{__unzip} -q %{SOURCE3}
+%{__unzip} -q %{SOURCE4}
+
+%build
+# run make
+%{__make} clean
+%{__mkdir} -p %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+
+# copy the necessary latex packages to the global directory and the source code
+pushd ./appendix
+  latex ./appendix.ins
+  %{__install} -m 644  appendix.sty  %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+  %{__install} -m 644  appendix.sty  %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc
+popd
+
+pushd ./draftwatermark
+  latex ./draftwatermark.ins
+  %{__install} -m 644 draftwatermark.sty %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+  %{__install} -m 644 draftwatermark.sty %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc
+popd
+
+pushd ./relsize
+  %{__install} -m 644 relsize.sty %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+  %{__install} -m 644 relsize.sty %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc
+popd
+
+pushd ./cprotect
+  latex ./cprotect.dtx
+  %{__install} -m 644 cprotect.sty %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+  %{__install} -m 644 cprotect.sty %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc
+popd
+
+%{__make} INSTRUMENT=1 GRDIR=%{_usr}/gr  all
+
+%install
+#copy the latex in the build directory
+%{__install} -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib
+%{__copydir} %{_builddir}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/
+%make_install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}%{_prefix}
+
+%check
+#test after install step
+%{__make} runtest
+
+%post
+mktexlsr %{_datadir}/texmf > /dev/null || :
+
+%files
+%doc README.md
+%license LICENSE.drspine LICENSE.linenoise
+# the files are in <pkg_name>/bin, <pkg_name>/lib, <pkg_name>/share
+# the default macros point to  <pkg_name>/usr/bin, <pkg_name>/usr/lib, etc and cannot be used
+%{_bindir}/drspine
+%{_bindir}/drspine_activate.sh
+%{_bindir}/drspine_create_env.sh
+%{_bindir}/extract_figures
+%{_bindir}/mxx
+%{_bindir}/plain_figures
+%{_libdir}/python/drspine/*
+%{_libdir}/python/drspine-*.egg-info
+%{_libdir}/libdrspine.a
+%{_datadir}/drspine/*
+%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/contrib/*
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jun 27 2025 root
+- package creation
diff --git a/rpmbuild_setup.sh b/rpmbuild_setup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+dnf update
+dnf install -y nano
+dnf install -y tree
+dnf install -y epel-release
+dnf check-update
+dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb && dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+
+dnf install -y zlib-devel
+dnf install -y libjpeg-turbo
+dnf install -y libjpeg-turbo-devel
+dnf install -y gcc
+dnf install -y python3-devel 
+dnf install -y texlive-kpathsea
+yum install -y libXt libXrender libXext mesa-libGL qt6-qtbase-gui
+dnf install -y rpmdevtools rpmlint
+dnf install -y git
+
+#drspine requirements
+dnf install -y python3 
+dnf install -y make rpm-build python3-build python3-pip python-unversioned-command
+dnf install -y python3-numpy
+dnf install -y python3-scipy
+dnf install -y python3-ipython.noarch
+dnf install -y python3-matplotlib
+dnf install -y gr-0.73.17-106.2.x86_64.rpm
+dnf install -y python3-gr-1.27.0-105.17.x86_64.rpm
+dnf install -y libgfortran
+dnf install -y compat-libgfortran-48
+dnf install -y gcc-gfortran
+dnf install -y texlive-epstopdf.noarch
+dnf install -y texlive-collection-latex
+dnf install -y wget
+dnf install -y texlive-bigfoot
+dnf install -y texlive-mathtools
+dnf install -y texlive-cm-super
+dnf install -y texlive-pgfplots
+
+#latex ctan files
+wget https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/appendix.zip
+wget https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/draftwatermark.zip
+wget https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/relsize.zip
+wget https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cprotect.zip