How To Install rpm-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-build.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. rpm-build.x86_64 is Scripts and executable programs used to build packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `rpm-build.x86_64`

The rpm-build package contains the scripts and executable programs that are used to build packages using the RPM Package Manager.

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

Install rpm-build.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 rpm-build.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-build.x86_64

How To Uninstall rpm-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the rpm-build.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove rpm-build.x86_64

rpm-build.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gendiff
/usr/bin/rpmbuild
/usr/bin/rpmspec
/usr/lib/rpm/appdata.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-java-gcjcompile
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-python-bytecompile
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-python-hardlink
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-shared
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive
/usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
/usr/lib/rpm/check-files
/usr/lib/rpm/check-prereqs
/usr/lib/rpm/check-rpaths
/usr/lib/rpm/check-rpaths-worker
/usr/lib/rpm/config.guess
/usr/lib/rpm/config.sub
/usr/lib/rpm/debugedit
/usr/lib/rpm/desktop-file.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/elfdeps
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/appdata.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/desktop.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/elf.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/font.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/libsymlink.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/libtool.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/mono.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/ocaml.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/perl.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/perllib.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/pkgconfig.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/python.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/script.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/find-lang.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/find-provides
/usr/lib/rpm/find-requires
/usr/lib/rpm/fontconfig.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/libtooldeps.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.perl
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.php
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.python
/usr/lib/rpm/mkinstalldirs
/usr/lib/rpm/mono-find-provides
/usr/lib/rpm/mono-find-requires
/usr/lib/rpm/ocaml-find-provides.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/ocaml-find-requires.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/osgideps.pl
/usr/lib/rpm/perl.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/perl.req
/usr/lib/rpm/perldeps.pl
/usr/lib/rpm/pkgconfigdeps.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/pythondeps.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdeps
/usr/lib/rpm/script.req
/usr/lib/rpm/sepdebugcrcfix
/usr/lib/rpm/tcl.req
/usr/share/man/man1/gendiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmdeps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmspec.8.gz

References

rpm-build.x86_64 website

Summary

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