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RPM Package Manager is a package management system used primarily for GNU/Linux operating systems. It used the .rpm file format.

RPM Package Manager is a package management system. "RPM" refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself. RPM was intended primarily for GNU/Linux distributions. The file format is the baseline package format of the Linux Standard Base.

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How can I find what options an rpm was compiled with

I need to find the compile options for exim, as packaged by fedora 11. More generally, is there an easy way to find what options a particular rpm was compiled with?
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Python 3.0 RPMs for CentOS 5 (RHEL 5)

Where is the best repository you use to obtain RPMs for Python 3.0 which are well maintained?
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Installing Postgres server 9.6 on Amazon Linux

What's the best way to install postgres-server 9.6 on Amazon Linux without building from source? I tried running rpm -i https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/9.6/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-ami201503-96-9.6-2.noarch.rpm to install the version…
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Should I install x86_64 or i386 RPM packages?

I am wanting to install an RPM package, but I'm not sure whether to install the x86_64 or i386 version. WHM says CENTOS 6.5 i686 virtuozzo at the top. How can I determine which version to install?
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Can you help me with my software dependency issue?

This is a Canonical Question about Compile Dependencies and Package Management. I have a question regarding compiling ports/software or installing RPMs on my *nix server. When I try to do this I receive lots of messages about missing…
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Do .rpm files have metadata

I have a .rpm file on my windows machine. Is there a way to inspect this file (either on windows or centos) without installing it, to find out where it was compiled from? something like metadata?
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Why is it bad to build RPMs as root?

This page contains a prominent warning: Important Never build RPMS as root. Why is it bad to build RPMs as root? Is it the possibility of overwriting some files? Are there file permissions problems?
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rpm without root

Is is possible to use rpm without root access?
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Incremental RPM package version "numbers" for x.y.z > x.y.z-beta (or alpha, rc, etc)

In order to publish RPM packages of several different versions of some software, I'm looking for a way to specify version "numbers" that are considered "upgrades", and include the differentiation of several pre-release versions, such as (in order):…
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How to install mcrypt for PHP 5.3.3 on CentOS 5.7 64 bit?

I installed php 5.3 and some modules using yum install php53-{module-name} But mcrypt did not work. I searched like this: yum list php* | grep mcry The only package that came up was php-mcrypt.x86-64 5.1.6-15.e15.centos.1 extras I…
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rpm that provides a file

What is the command to list what rpms could provide a particular file: the rpm that provide files already installed or rpms that could provide files that are not installed?
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Why does yum index get corrupted?

Occasionally yum's cache gets corrupted and we see errors like this: error: db3 error(-30974) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30974) error: cannot open…
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where does RPM install custom GPG keys?

Where does CentOS/RHEL 6 store custom GPG keys? I thought /etc/pki/rpm-gpg but I installed nginx's key but unable to find it. I see it was imported properly but where is it? wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key rpm --import…
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RedHat: is it possible to install packages in a kind of mock environment to build RPMs

Is there a tool that allows to install the dependecies of an RPM .spec into an isolated environment? I won't install such dependencies globally on the system and I am not able to do so since I have not root privileges. The reason I want to build a…
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Getting diffs for file changes detected by rpm -V

I have an installation that has been tampered with, and I want to find out what exactly has been changed. I can run rpm -V MY_PACKAGES which gives me a list of modified files. Now I am looking for a convenient way to see the diffs (assuming that…
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