How To Install rpmlint on CentOS 8
rpmlint is Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmlint on CentOS 8.
What is rpmlint
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 or dnf to install rpmlint on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpmlint.
Install rpmlint 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 rpmlint using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpmlint
Install rpmlint 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 rpmlint using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpmlint
How To Uninstall rpmlint on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpmlint package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpmlint
rpmlint Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/rpmlint
/etc/rpmlint/config
/usr/bin/el4-rpmlint
/usr/bin/el5-rpmlint
/usr/bin/rpmdiff
/usr/bin/rpmlint
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpmdiff
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpmlint
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rpmlint/config.example
/usr/share/licenses/rpmlint
/usr/share/licenses/rpmlint/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmlint.1.gz
/usr/share/rpmlint
/usr/share/rpmlint/AbstractCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/AppDataCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/BinariesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Config.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/ConfigCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/DistributionCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/DocFilesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/FHSCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/FilesCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Filter.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/I18NCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/InitScriptCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/LSBCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/MenuXDGCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/NamingPolicyCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/PamCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/Pkg.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/PostCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/RpmFileCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SCLCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SignatureCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SourceCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/SpecCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/TagsCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/ZipCheck.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/__isocodes__.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/AbstractCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/AppDataCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/BinariesCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/Config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/ConfigCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/DistributionCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/DocFilesCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/FHSCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/FilesCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/Filter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/I18NCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/InitScriptCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/LSBCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/MenuCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/MenuXDGCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/NamingPolicyCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/PamCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/Pkg.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/PostCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/RpmFileCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/SCLCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/SignatureCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/SourceCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/SpecCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/TagsCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/ZipCheck.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/__isocodes__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rpmlint/__version__.py
/usr/share/rpmlint/config
/usr/share/rpmlint/config.el4
/usr/share/rpmlint/config.el5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmlint on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.