Top "Rpm" questions

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

rpmbuild %{dist} not defined on CentOS 5.5?

I'm attempting to use the %{dist} tag in my RPM spec file to provide distribution-specific dependencies between Fedora Core (e.…

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How to install lz4 shared libraries in rpm based machines?

I tried to install lz4 libraries in CentOS, but failing with the following error. [Bash]# yum install liblz4 liblz4-devel …

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rpm & rpmbuild - using global environment variable in the %files section

I have been struggling for a while with this one. So I wrote a .specs file for my project and …

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How to set the build area for rpmbuild per-invocation

I'm modifying an automated build, and want to tell rpmbuild to use a specific build area when invoking it. This …

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RPM file not generated using maven rpm plugin

I am trying to create .rpm file of my maven project on my windows machine. I followed the steps given …

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How to install GNU parallel (noarc.rpm) on CentOS 7

I want to install GNU parrallel on Centos 7 There is not much info to find. Can someone explain me how …

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Packaging symlinks via rpmbuild?

Is it possible to make rpmbuild to preserve symlinks on packaging? The current behavior is to create copies of files, …

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what does the rpmbuild warning "File listed twice" ACTUALLY MEAN?

I need to specify common attributes for one of the major directories in the package, and special permission for some …

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Rpm upgrade handling of config files

I'm playing around with the rpm -upgrade command and noticed rpm has different ways of handling modified configuration files so …

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How to extract a file from an rpm to the current directory?

I recently found out about the existence of cpio and how it can be used, among many other things, to …

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