How To Install shortrpm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install shortrpm on CentOS 7. shortrpm is Short-circuit binary RPM package build

Introduction

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

What is shortrpm

shortrpm tricks rpmbuild(1) into thinking certain scriptlets in SPEC file are empty, effectively skipping their run and proceeding to build the binary package from files from previous %install scriptlet run in BuildRoot. The trickery only takes place if both -bb and –short-circuit options are specified.

We can use yum or dnf to install shortrpm on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shortrpm.

Install shortrpm on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install shortrpm

Install shortrpm 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 shortrpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shortrpm

How To Uninstall shortrpm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove shortrpm

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Summary

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