How To Install rpmspectool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmspectool in Fedora 36. rpmspectool is Utility for handling RPM spec files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmspectool on Fedora 36.

What is rpmspectool

The rpmspectool utility lets users expand and download sources and patches in RPM spec files.

We can use yum or dnf to install rpmspectool on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpmspectool.

Install rpmspectool on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install rpmspectool

Install rpmspectool on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install rpmspectool

How To Uninstall rpmspectool on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rpmspectool

rpmspectool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rpmspectool
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool-1.99.7-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/cli.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/cli.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/download.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/download.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/i18n.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/i18n.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/rpm.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/rpm.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/version.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/__pycache__/version.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/download.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/i18n.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/rpm.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rpmspectool/version.py
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpmspectool
/usr/share/doc/rpmspectool
/usr/share/doc/rpmspectool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rpmspectool
/usr/share/licenses/rpmspectool/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmspectool on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).