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+To build RPM package need to execute
+```sh
+mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+rpmbuild --undefine=_disable_source_fetch -ba libnats.spec
+```
+
+If you need specific package version, please edit "Version" value inside spec file.
+
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/libnats.spec b/packaging/rpm/libnats.spec
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+%global source_name nats.c
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+
+Name:          libnats
+Version:       3.1.1
+Release:       1%{?dist}
+Summary:       NATS & NATS Streaming - C Client
+License:       ASL 2.0
+URL:           https://github.com/nats-io/nats.c
+Source0:       https://github.com/nats-io/nats.c/archive/v%{version}/%{source_name}-v%{version}.tar.gz
+Requires:      openssl-libs
+BuildRequires: cmake
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel
+BuildRequires: protobuf-c-devel
+
+%description
+A C client for the NATS messaging system.
+Go here for the online documentation, and check the frequently asked questions.
+This NATS Client implementation is heavily based on the NATS GO Client.
+There is support for Mac OS/X, Linux and Windows (although we don't have specific platform support matrix).
+
+%package devel
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{source_name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{source_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%{cmake}
+%{cmake_build} -j 1
+
+%install
+%{cmake_install}
+find %{buildroot} -name '*.a' -delete
+
+%files
+%{_libdir}/%{name}.so*
+
+%files devel
+%dir %{_includedir}/nats
+%dir %{_includedir}/nats/adapters
+%{_includedir}/nats.h
+%{_includedir}/nats/*.h
+%{_includedir}/nats/adapters/*.h
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
+%{_prefix}/lib/cmake/cnats/*.cmake
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Nov 06 2021 Sergey Safarov <s.safarov@gmail.com> 3.1.1
+- initial packaging