How To Install drpm on Fedora 34

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 Fedora 34.

What is `drpm`

The drpm package provides a library for making, reading and applying deltarpms, compatible with the original deltarpm packages. drpm 0.5.0 3.fc34 x86_64 63 k drpm-0.5.0-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drpm.

Install drpm on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove drpm

drpm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/e180843c0131832084803cb7e315fb4b6eaba6
/usr/lib64/libdrpm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libdrpm.so.0.5.0
/usr/share/licenses/drpm
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/LICENSE.BSD
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/a1174e0cbbd0e8fcc5b0bf431efa3958f2dcb3
/usr/lib/libdrpm.so.0
/usr/lib/libdrpm.so.0.5.0
/usr/share/licenses/drpm
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/drpm/LICENSE.BSD

References

[drpm website](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/drpm https://github.com/rpm-software-management/drpm)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.