How To Install drpm on CentOS 8

drpm is A library for making, reading and applying deltarpm packages A library for making, reading and applying deltarpm packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on CentOS 8.

What is drpm

The drpm package provides a library for making, reading and applying deltarpms, compatible with the original deltarpm packages. drpm 0.4.1 3.el8 x86_64 68 k drpm-0.4.1-3.el8.src.rpm appstream A library for making, reading and applying deltarpm packages https LGPLv2+ and BSD The drpm package provides a library for making, reading and applying deltarpms, compatible with the original deltarpm packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install drpm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drpm.

Install drpm on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install drpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drpm

Install drpm on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install drpm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install drpm

How To Uninstall drpm on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the drpm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove drpm

drpm Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/47ce0d14ec764a0eab5ad8ecb258ea8479258f
/usr/lib64/libdrpm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libdrpm.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/licenses/drpm
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/LICENSE.BSD
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/742abb1fd42781af5ec8a9ba7fba1bb9b7a657
/usr/lib/libdrpm.so.0
/usr/lib/libdrpm.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/licenses/drpm
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/LICENSE.BSD

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.