Top "Rpm" questions

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

Check if rpm exists in bash script silently

I'm trying to do a quick check to see if an rpm is installed in a bash script using an …

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Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ajKra4 (%prep)

I am having a weird RPM issue, I am new to it so bear with me... I have the spec …

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RPM spec file - Is it possible to dynamically populate a spec file variable

I have a spec file. I need to %define a spec variable that gets its value from a one line …

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CentOS equivalent of dpkg -s

I'm adapting a prepare script for CentOS that was previously written for Ubuntu. In the Ubuntu script, the command dpkg …

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Build RPM to just install files

I need to build a RPM, with the sole purpose of installing a few fonts. I have read several tutorials …

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Installing git on a cPanel server

I need to install git on cPanel but I am finding a lot of information indicating that this is not …

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Where does rpm look for dependencies?

I have an rpm which I have build using rpmbuild. Lets say it is sample.rpm. It builds successfully. The …

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rpmbuild Installed (but unpackaged) files source

I'm trying to build an RPM from binaries on a REDHAT 6 system. I have all the files included in the %…

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Rails + New Relic: What does RPM mean?

I just started using New Relic RPM with my rails app, and one of the metrics they provide is "Throughput …

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RPM upgrade uninstalls the RPM

I am upgrading our project RPM. The problem is when I upgrade from projectname-1.0-0 to projectname-1.0-1, it first …

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