How To Install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7. rpmdeplint is Tool to find errors in RPM packages in the context of their

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpmdeplint.

Install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rpmdeplint

Install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install rpmdeplint

How To Uninstall rpmdeplint on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rpmdeplint

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmdeplint on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.