Questions tagged [rpm]
RPM is a package management system intended primarily for Linux distributions.
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Bette way of loading 3rd party modules into NGINX? Build Customized NGINX or Load at the run time?
I noticed there are two ways to load 3rd party dynamic modules into NGINX.
(1) Build NGINX with that modules: https://github.com/ajdruff/nginx-naxsi-rpm/blob/master/how-to-build-your-own-nginx-rpm....
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Centos: no such package(s) for specific nginx version
I tried to build a customized nginx with specific nginx version with module in https://github.com/anomalizer/ngx_aws_auth
I setup the nginx repo
# nginx.repo
[nginx]
name=nginx repo
baseurl=http://...
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What are the relationships between package commands?
RPM based package managers support subcommands such as requires, recommends, conflicts, obsoletes, suggests and supplements.
In reading the rpm man pages and dependencies documentation, it isn't ...
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Where I can find original CentOS RPM Spec files?
Recently CentOS upgraded from 7.5 to 7.6 and now one of the packages upgraded to a newer version I'm not ready to use yet. I'm planning instead to build and support an older version of this package.
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rpm used before to install/upgrade packages - would now want to use yum instead
Someone was performing an upgrade of a software running on our RHEL Server with rpm -Uvh package_name.rpm
I'd like to use yum -U package_name.rpm
Can this cause any problem or inconsistency?
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rpm -e package does not remove entry from /etc/passwd
I've been playing around with Splunk and got some questions:
I have installed it using
rpm -iv splunk-7.2.3-06d57c595b80-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
I removed it next using
rpm -e splunk-7.2.3-...
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alien conversion from deb to rpm on fedora 27
I find myself unable to convert a .deb package to .rpm to install it on fedora. I am not able to download the equivalent rpm file, so conversion is my only way out. I get this error after using the ...
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How to set an environment variable during package installation
I am working on a legacy cross-platform project packaged to both DEB and RPM formats.
Once the Linux package is installed, an environment variable holding the path to the installation folder is ...
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How is RPM package installed?
This is like a 'chicken and egg' question.
RPM package manager (similarly other package management programs) is packaged in an RPM package itself and installed. But then how is RPM initially installed?...
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How to build an RPM package for python app that works in Fedora 28 and 29, which have different default Python3 version?
What I Want To Do
I'm trying to build an RPM package of my app that could be installed in different Fedora distros, which have different default Python 3 versions (i.e. Fedora 28 has python3.6, and ...
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Disable automatic package update in RPM package manager for single application in CentOS7
How can I disable automatic package update in RPM package manager for a single application in CentOS 7?
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Package libibumad is obsoleted by mlnx-ofa_kernel
I wanted to update a KVM virtualization suite (VMmanager KVM) running on CentOS 7.
The error I am getting:
Package libibumad-17.2-3.el7.x86_64 is obsoleted by mlnx-ofa_kernel-4.3-OFED.4.3.1.0.1.1....
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How to ingore rpmfusion source repos when downloading source package
I have few rpm repos in my Fedora installation and I've want to download source package and got error that synchronization of rpmfusion-free-updates-source and rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-source failed. ...
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Using RPM's '–prefix NEWPATH option' with alien
Alien can used to install an RPM to Ubuntu and it works great.
However on CentOS I can do the following
sudo rpm -i --prefix=/tmp/acme acme-1.1-1.el7.noarch.rpm
i.e. the RPM can be installed to a ...
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Is there a chance that a CentOS machine does not have RPM?
I am going to work on a remotely located CentOS machine without internet. I do not know its situation and it is very hard for me to move things between. In other words I have only one-shot for setting ...
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How to download rpm packages manually (without yum)?
I need to download .rpm packages into Windows for some reason. So I cannot use yum for downloading. Virtual machine option is not available either.
Can I download .rpm packages manually? If yes, ...
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Install a source RPM from Fedora's rpms
I found a great package on Fedora Package Sources. It is hosted as source codes.
The specific package is Syncthing, whose official website provides an rpm binary download. But I would like the ...
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Linux Repository Error
I created a network repository for the hosts that hasn't got internet connection.So the environment has 1 repo server and 1 client. (It's in the test stage so both host can go to internet). I did make ...
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Create a RPM repo and hosted in a cloud service? [closed]
I want to know how can I create my own Fedora repository and if the packages can be hosted in a Cloud service like Dropbox or Google Drive?.
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Install custom perl modules
I have build an RPM from a proprietary software collection in a CentOS 7 environment but the build process required executing some Perl modules (.pm files) found within the source itself. When I ...
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yum install dependency problem
I want install ansible on server without internet and I have this error :
Error: Package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el7.x86_64 (@local-repo)
Requires: openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-60....
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Python module RPM package Requires section
I am trying to build an RPM package for some Python module (actually its graph-tool: https://git.skewed.de/count0/graph-tool/)
The question is: what do I have to put to the Requires section?
If I, ...
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How query custom installed rpm package
How query custom installed rpm package
Generally if i need to query rpm based package I use following commands
rpm -qi package
rpm -ql package # to get installed binaries of package
rpm -qf ...
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After an AIX mksysb NIM migration upgrade, virtual package AIX-rpm is out-of-sync with the OS level
After upgrading an AIX system using mksysb migration via NIM, the AIX-rpm virtual package was left behind at the previous AIX level:
$ oslevel -r
7100-04
$ rpm -q AIX-rpm
AIX-rpm-6.1.7.0-7
This ...
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Why does the rpm command have a '--pipe' option?
From rpm's man page:
--pipe CMD
Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.
Why was this added? Why would you use it instead piping via the shell itself?
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Have /bin/bash not /usr/bin/bash but Cant install RPM Update because of Failed Dependency
Linux system with bash located in /bin and not /usr/bin.
Attempting to install (as root) glibc-common-2.17-222.el7.x86_64 using either of the following commands:
rpm -ivh glibc-2.17-222.el7.x86_64....
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Custom options during RPM install with rpmbuild
I would like to use custom options during RPM install. I use rpmbuild to craft the RPM so I have the SPEC file.
Can I define my own option that I can use in the SPEC file (e.g. rpm -i --r_password=...
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SUSE Linux Signature verification failed
When I code, build and sign .rpm file for SUSE Linux, it is signed successfully as follows:
rpm --checksig -v xxx.rpm
Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 7936b039: OK
Header SHA1 digest: OK
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How to update Firefox offline to a specific version on Centos 6.9
I'm trying to install a specific version of Firefox (52.8) on Centos 6.9. I've used "yumdownload --resolve firefox...x86_64". It created a folder the firefox rpm as well as 5 or six other dependencies....
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Why does rpm -i <package> fail on a dependency that I have installed?
I tried installing the following package:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i libmicrohttpd-0.9.22-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm
But I got an error for failed dependencies:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i ...
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What is the recommended way to clean my system after removing an rpm?
Assume I remove an rpm as follows:
rpm -e <package-name>
I then do a system wide search:
find / |grep <keyword-from-package-name>
It returns many instances where the keyword was ...
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Rebuild from src.rpm using new version
This is a follow up to my previous question regarding Building QuantLib on Amazon Linux.
I followed the instructions in the answer posted by MLu:
Download the source RPM (QuantLib-1.4-7.el7.src.rpm)
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Glib-2.28 RPM package dependency problem
On rpmfind.net's page for glibc-2.28.9000-6.fc30 RPM for i686, libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28) is listed under both "Provides" and "Requires", so it's impossible to satisfy the package dependency?
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Building QuantLib on Amazon Linux
I am trying to get QuantLib version 1.13 running on Amazon Linux.
I found some .rpm files at https://pkgs.org/download/QuantLib, although there is an up to date .rpm for Fedora, there isn't one for ...
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How to add rpm fusion testing repository in Fedora?
This is similar question to How to add the RPM Fusion and livna repositories to Fedora? but I want to install testing repository so I can have Chromium 68. I have testing fedora repo and I need ...
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What is the proper way to set SELinux context in an RPM .spec? (RHEL7 in 2018)
The RHEL7 supplied tomcat package supports multiple instances through the creation of directories and symlinks. Once such a multiple instance is created and packaged as an RPM, the extra instances ...
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Custom HTTP repository refusing to display on local Centos server
I set up a local repository of packages, copied from the Centos isntallation DVD iso.
The local dns address (myrpmweb) and computer LAN IP successfully loads the Apache 123.. test page, in my Firefox ...
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systemctl status shows vendor preset: disabled
Could someone please clarify what "vendor preset : disable" means? This option is visible after enabling a package in RHEL7.
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Installing a kernel rpm package in Qubes OS complains: dracut-install: ERROR: installing '/usr/lib64/plymouth//label.so'
$ sudo dnf install kernel-latest-4.18.5-8.pvops.qubes.x86_64.rpm kernel-latest-devel-4.18.5-8.pvops.qubes.x86_64.rpm
Qubes OS Repository for Dom0 ...
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what is inside weak-update folder?
First, installed a driver package to OS (ex: CentOS ) -- foo_1.0.rpm
Second, install the same driver but different version -- foo_2.0.rpm by
rpm -ivh --force foo_2.0.rpm
It seems an extra folder ...
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CentOS 7 linux-firmware - how to trim it?
CentOS 7 has merged a number of firmware packages into 'linux-firmware' and made these a dependency of kernels. Is there an easy way to create a stripped down version of this, removing those firmware ...
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Cannot build RPM packages from SRPM using mock
I've successfully built the SRPM and after that step I'm trying to build the RPM from the SRPM. Following is the directory from where I am building the RPM. THe Source RPM are in the following ...
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Using 'rpm -i' to install a package on CentOS6 but getting dependency error, even though I have installed the dependency, why?
Operating System = CentOS 6
I'm trying to install a package as follows:
rpm -i package_name.rpm
But I get the following error:
error: Failed dependencies:
sqlite >= 3.7.15 is needed by ...
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Why does rpmfusion recommend the nogpgcheck switch?
See the commandline RHEL/CentOS section at https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration/
Doesn't this --nogpgcheck switch allow for tampering to happen unnoticed?
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Listing files in rpm archive
What is the difference in the following 2 commands:
rpm -qlp <filename>.rpm
rpm -qilp <filename>.rpm
I know the -i flag is for install but how does that relate to producing different ...
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What is the difference on a system level between installing python packages with yum as opposed to pip?
I'm wondering what the difference is between pip, the Python package installer, and yum?
As a means of providing some context to my question:
I assume the first answer will be because PIP is only ...
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How to install `pg_recvlogical` to Centos 6?
I have a Centos 6 installed. I did yum update.
I need pg_recvlogical. I didn't find it using yum search pg_recvlogical so I found it mentioned here.
So I download it and wanted to install using rpm -...
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How to eliminate the warnings: mockbuild does not exist
I was building a package from SRPM on Fedora:
$ rpmbuild --rebuild *.src.rpm
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warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: ...
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Change creation time of files (RPM) from download time to build time
I am going to create my own internal repository service via createrepo and want to provide an Java repository as well.
Downloading the JRE and JDK packages automatically and as described at Stack ...
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How can I repackage a fedora 2[6-8] rpm to a Centos7.5 rpm [closed]
I'd like to be able to install the following fedora rmps on a centos7.5 box.
sudo dnf install powerline powerline-fonts
sudo dnf install tmux-powerline
sudo dnf install vim-powerline
Unfortunately ...
