How To Install rpmlint.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmlint.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. rpmlint.noarch is Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmlint.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `rpmlint.noarch`

rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in RPM packages. Binary and source packages as well as spec files can be checked.

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

Install rpmlint.noarch 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 rpmlint.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpmlint.noarch

How To Uninstall rpmlint.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the rpmlint.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove rpmlint.noarch

rpmlint.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rpmlint
/etc/rpmlint/config
/usr/bin/el4-rpmlint
/usr/bin/el5-rpmlint
/usr/bin/rpmdiff
/usr/bin/rpmlint
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpmdiff
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpmlint
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5/CHANGES.package.old
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5/README
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint-1.5/config.example
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmlint.1.gz
/usr/share/rpmlint
/usr/share/rpmlint/AbstractCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/AbstractCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/AbstractCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/BinariesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/BinariesCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/BinariesCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/Common.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Common.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/Common.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/Config.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Config.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/Config.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/ConfigCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/ConfigCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/ConfigCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/DistributionCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/DistributionCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/DistributionCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/DocFilesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/DocFilesCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/DocFilesCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/FHSCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/FHSCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/FHSCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/FilesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/FilesCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/FilesCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/Filter.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Filter.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/Filter.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/I18NCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/I18NCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/I18NCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/InitScriptCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/InitScriptCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/InitScriptCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/LSBCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/LSBCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/LSBCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuXDGCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuXDGCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuXDGCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/NamingPolicyCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/NamingPolicyCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/NamingPolicyCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/PamCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/PamCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/PamCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/Pkg.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Pkg.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/Pkg.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/PostCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/PostCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/PostCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/RpmFileCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/RpmFileCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/RpmFileCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/SignatureCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SignatureCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/SignatureCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/SourceCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SourceCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/SourceCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/SpecCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SpecCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/SpecCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/TagsCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/TagsCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/TagsCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/ZipCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/ZipCheck.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/ZipCheck.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/__isocodes__.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/__isocodes__.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__isocodes__.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/__version__.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/__version__.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__version__.pyo
/usr/share/rpmlint/config
/usr/share/rpmlint/config.el4
/usr/share/rpmlint/config.el5

References

rpmlint.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmlint.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.