External Resources
Documentation provided by distributions and the community.
General Use
Packaging
- Fedora RPM Guide
- RPM Packaging Guide - A good introduction to RPM Packaging
API
- Programming RPM with C from Fedora RPM Guide
- Programming RPM with Python from Fedora RPM Guide
- Programming RPM with Perl from Fedora RPM Guide
- RPM Python slideset / tutorial by Paul Nasrat (2004)
Books
- Maximum RPM A 1997 book written by Ed Bailey. It is available in hardback (442 pages), and then re-printed by Sams in soft-cover (450 pages - ISBN: 0672311054). The hardcover edition includes a quick reference card. An on-line version of the original book is also available, as is a more updated date version.
- Red Hat RPM Guide A 2003 book by Eric Foster-Johnson, this has been released later under the Open Publication License and a draft close to the published version is available on-line as Fedora RPM Guide. This book covers everything from basic usage to advanced tricks, package creation and API programming.