How To Install rpmdeplint on Fedora 34

rpmdeplint is Tool to find errors in RPM packages in the context of their dependency graph

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmdeplint on Fedora 34.

What is rpmdeplint

Rpmdeplint is a tool to find errors in RPM packages in the context of their dependency graph.

We can use yum or dnf to install rpmdeplint on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpmdeplint.

Install rpmdeplint 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 rpmdeplint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpmdeplint

Install rpmdeplint 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 rpmdeplint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpmdeplint

How To Uninstall rpmdeplint on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rpmdeplint

rpmdeplint Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rpmdeplint
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmdeplint.1.gz

References

Summary

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