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− | Let's have a look at a small rpm package file, distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm | + | Let's have a look at a small rpm package file, distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm. It is available from the internet and installs a distributed C compiler environment. The name consists of several parts: |
+ | * distcc-server: the name of the package | ||
+ | * 3.1-1: 3.1 is the version, -1 means this is the first version of the packager. | ||
+ | * i386: This package is for the i386 processor family. "noarch" would mean it is not architecture dependant. | ||
+ | Let's look what files are in this package: | ||
# rpm -qpl distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm | # rpm -qpl distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm | ||
/etc/default | /etc/default |
Latest revision as of 09:36, 18 April 2009
A package typically is a bundle of files that together allow you to perform a task.
Most importantly, rpm and deb packages allow you to install software, including its libraries, documentation and config files.
rpm packages
Let's have a look at a small rpm package file, distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm. It is available from the internet and installs a distributed C compiler environment. The name consists of several parts:
- distcc-server: the name of the package
- 3.1-1: 3.1 is the version, -1 means this is the first version of the packager.
- i386: This package is for the i386 processor family. "noarch" would mean it is not architecture dependant.
Let's look what files are in this package:
# rpm -qpl distcc-server-3.1-1.i386.rpm /etc/default /etc/default/distcc /etc/distcc /etc/distcc/clients.allow /etc/distcc/commands.allow.sh /etc/init.d/distcc /etc/logrotate.d /etc/logrotate.d/distcc /etc/xinetd.d /etc/xinetd.d/distcc /usr/bin/distccd /usr/share/man/man1/distccd.1.gz