Top "Rpm" questions

RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a package management system for unix based operating systems.

Failing an RPM install programmatically in a spec step

I'm making an RPM. This particular RPM has requirements that can't be expressed as RPM prerequisites, lets call them a …

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%post scriptlet failed.. Where is this scriptlet located?

I have an error: %post(blabla.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Where is located this scriptlet?

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Determine if package installed with Yum Python API?

TLDR; I need simple a Python call given a package name (e.g., 'make') to see if it's installed; if …

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Create an RPM that can also manipulate files and add users

I'm trying to create an RPM in Fedora 15 that will install my software, but in order for my software to …

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How to use %debug_package while using rpmbuild?

Linux version 2.6.18-131.el5 gcc version 4.1.2 RPM version 4.4.2.3 I use the following command to build packages: $ sudo rpmbuild -ba xxx.…

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how to define a rpm spec macro with empty body?

the problem is quite easy to exhibit: rpm --eval "%define xyz" error: Macro %xyz has empty body i want to …

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How to install two different version of same package with yum

Say I want to install two different versions of same package. To be specific, I want to install two versions …

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converting rpm files to debian error (package build failed)

after I install alien and having zenmap in the download folder when I run this command alien zenmap-7.91-1.noarch.…

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Building both devel and normal version of a RPM package

I have a library from which I'd like to create two RPM packages. While I found several links on how …

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Error: Problem: conflicting requests - nothing provides /usr/bin/python needed by python-chardet in CentOS 8

I am using CentOS 8 and want to download a library for Python2. CentOS 8 has Python3 and its libraries installed by …

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