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Miscellaneous options

Several additional rpm options are available:

--querytags

Print the tags available for use with the --queryformat option in query mode.

--setgids packages

Set file owner and group of the specified packages to those in the database.

--setperms packages

Set file permissions of the specified packages to those in the database.

--showrc

Show the values rpm will use for all options that can be set in an .rpmrc file.

FTP/HTTP options

The following options are available for use with ftp:// and http:// URLs in install, update, and query modes:

--ftpport port

Use port for making an FTP connection on the proxy FTP server instead of the default port. Same as specifying the macro _ftpport.

--ftpproxy host

Use host as the proxy server for FTP transfers through a firewall that uses a proxy. Same as specifying the macro _ftpproxy.

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--httpport port

Use port for making an HTTP connection on the proxy HTTP server instead of the default port. Same as specifying the macro _httpport.

--httpproxy host

Use host as a proxy server for HTTP transfers. Same as specifying the macro _httpproxy.

Build options

The syntax for the build options is:

rpm -[b|t]step [build-options] spec-file ...

Specify -b to build a package directly from a spec file or -t to open a tarred gzipped file and use its spec file. Both forms take the following single-character step arguments:

p

Perform the prep stage, unpacking source files and applying patches.

l

Do a list check, expanding macros in the files section of the spec file and verifying that each file exists.

c

Perform the build stage. Done after the prep stage; generally equivalent to doing a make.

i

Perform the install stage. Done after the prep and build stages; generally equivalent to doing a make install.

b

Build a binary package. Done after prep, build, and install.

s

Build a source package. Done after prep, build, and install.

a

Build both binary and source packages. Done after prep, build, and install.

The following additional options can be used when building an rpm file:

--buildarch arch

--buildos os

For use with pre-3.0 versions of RPM. Build the package for architecture arch or the operating system os. Replaced in 3.0 with --target.

--buildroot dir

Override the BuildRoot tag with dir when building the package.

--clean

Clean up (remove) the build files after the package has been made.

--rmsource

Remove the source files and the spec file when the build is done. Can be used as a standalone option with rpm to clean up files separately from creating the packages.

--short-circuit

Can be used with -bc and -bi to skip previous stages.

--sign

Add a PGP signature to the package.

--target platform

When building the package, set the macros _target, _target_arch, and _target_os to the value indicated by platform.

--test

Go through the motions, but don't execute any build stages. Used for testing spec files.

--timecheck

Set the timecheck age (the maximum age in seconds of a file being packaged). Set to 0 to disable.

Two other options can be used standalone with rpm to recompile or rebuild a package:

--rebuild source-pkgfile...

Like --recompile, but also build a new binary package. Remove the build directory, the source files, and the spec file once the build is complete.

--recompile source-pkgfile...

Install the named source package, and prep, compile, and install the package.

RPM examples

Query the RPM database to find Emacs-related packages:

% rpm -q -a | grep emacs

Query an uninstalled package, printing information about the package, and list the files it contains:

% rpm -qpil ~/downloads/bash2-doc-2.03-8.i386.rpm

Install a package (assumes superuser privileges):

% rpm -i sudo-1.5.3-6.i386.rpm

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