How To Install deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install deltarpm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. deltarpm.x86_64 is Create deltas between rpms

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `deltarpm.x86_64`

A deltarpm contains the difference between an old and a new version of a rpm, which makes it possible to recreate the new rpm from the deltarpm and the old one. You don’t have to have a copy of the old rpm, deltarpms can also work with installed rpms.

We can use yum to install deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install deltarpm.x86_64.

Install deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install deltarpm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install deltarpm.x86_64

How To Uninstall deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the deltarpm.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove deltarpm.x86_64

deltarpm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/applydeltarpm
/usr/bin/combinedeltarpm
/usr/bin/makedeltarpm
/usr/bin/rpmdumpheader
/usr/share/doc/deltarpm-3.6
/usr/share/doc/deltarpm-3.6/LICENSE.BSD
/usr/share/doc/deltarpm-3.6/README
/usr/share/man/man8/applydeltarpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/combinedeltarpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/makedeltarpm.8.gz

References

deltarpm.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install deltarpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.