RPM Package Manager

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful package management system capable of

• building computer software from source into easily distributable packages
• installing, updating and uninstalling packaged software
• querying detailed information about the packaged software, whether installed or not
• verifying integrity of packaged software and resulting software installation

News

RPM 4.14.0 RC1 released! (Sep 06 2017)

• See release notes for details and download information
• Highlights since alpha:
  • Support for ‘unless’ rich dependencies
  • Ensure header is present in callback events
  • Macro argument quoting changed to be much more compatible
  • Experimental LMDB backend
  • Misc bugfixes and minor enhancements

RPM 4.14.0 alpha released! (Aug 10 2017)

• See release notes for details and download information
• Highlights include:
  • Major revamp of debuginfo packages
  • Major macro engine changes to sanitize and improve the “language”
  • Major rewrite of package/header reading and signature checking to utilize a single codepath
  • A configurable mode to conserve SSD disks
  • Weak dependencies are taken into account when ordering
  • Support for ‘with’ and ‘without’ rich dependencies
  • New SHA256 digests in packages: one for compressed payload alone and one for the header
  • Many bugfixes and enhancements all over the place

RPM 4.13.0.1 released! (Feb 16 2017)

• See release notes for details and download information
• This is a security and regression fix update

RPM 4.13.0 released! (Nov 03 2016)

• See release notes for details and download information
• Major new features include:
  • File triggers
  • Boolean dependencies
• Numerous other enhancements and bugfixes

RPM 4.12.0.2 released! (Nov 03 2016)

• See release notes for details and download information
• This is a security and regression fix update