.rpm is the file-format used by the RPM Package Manager (originally the Red Hat Package Manager), found primarily in Red Hat Linux and its derivatives.
Questions tagged [rpm]
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What is the difference between yum, apt-get, rpm, ./configure && make install?
I am new to Linux and am running CentOS. I have come across four ways to update or install software.
So far, I've seen:
yum install [program]
apt-get install [program]
rpm -i [program].rpm
wget [program].tar.gz -> unpack -> ./configure -> make ->…
Saif Bechan
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How to get list of dependencies of non-installed RPM package?
apt-cache show shows also it's dependencies.
yum info does not show dependencies, but it obviously know them.
How to ask yum for dependencies of specified package?
Vi.
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How to Install gcc 4.7.x/4.8.x on CentOS
What would be the easiest way to install gcc 4.7.x/4.8.x on a system with CentOS 6.2+? The default RPM package contains an older version of gcc.
Tomas Andrle
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How can I install an RPM without being root?
How can I install an RPM on a machine where I don't have root permissions? I want to install a package for my use only in a personal work directory. I'm running SuSe SLES10.
Please don't flame me with "This idea is so dumb, you shouldn't do it…
Ross Rogers
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Zypper: How do I display all packages from a certain repository?
Please tell me, how to let zypper display all installed packages of a certain repository.
java.is.for.desktop
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Where are the rpm files after installation using yum?
I'm using Red Hat 5.4.
I have installed a package using yum the package was wireshark.
However, after it has installed. Where can I find the rpm package?
I would like to locate the actual wireshark.rpm package so that I can install it on another…
ant2009
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How to install rpm file along with its all dependencies?
I'm trying to install HPCC on RHEL based machine.
I have one .rpm file and to install this rpm, I'm using following command:
sudo rpm -Uvh hpccsystems-platform_community-4.0.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
I'm getting following error :
error: Failed…
Shekhar
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How to completely uninstall a package (including all extra files that came with it) using yum (or rpm)?
When I do yum remove, it sometimes keeps a package's configuration files.
Is there anyway to remove a package completely, without keeping any file that belonged to the package?
I am running CentOS.
Howard
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Where does yum save the RPM files it downloads?
Is there a temporary folder I can find the RPM's that yum downloads to install programs? During an installation yum shows the exact name of the RPM file but I don't know how to find it. How can I search for the RPM if I know the name of it?
barrrista
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How do I get yum to see updates to a local repo without cleaning cache?
I have set up a local yum repository which I use to install test builds. For the testing purposes, my packages are versioned by ..
Matt
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Yum : searching for a package with binary name
Is there a way to search a package using the binary name.
for example I want to find rpm package for command "ls" then it should be coreutils-6.9-10.4.i586 for example.
deimus
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Managing service accounts in an RPM spec
I've been given a partially-complete RPM spec for a service we're writing. It gets as far as making the required directories, copying files, setting permissions, etc., but it doesn't make the required system account that the service will run under.…
Coderer
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How do I downgrade packages easily with Yum?
Apparently, Fedora's yum has the ability to downgrade. I find this useful because abhorrently they feel they need to break NetworkManager on a stable upgrade. In multiple ways.
How do I downgrade NetworkManager and everything that depends on it? Can…
Evan Carroll
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Is it possible to modify/rebuild an rpm without the srpm?
I have an rpm for which I need to change the preinstal scriptlet for testing.
However, I do not have the SRPM from which is was built.
Is it possible to change the scriptlet and/or rebuild the rpm without having the SRPM?
If so, how?
I've tried…
warren
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How to extract RPM from RPM database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Is there a way to extract an installed RPM from an RPM database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to reproduce the original .rpm file?
John in MD
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