RPM
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The facts
Each one read from RPM's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Command line
- RPM is a command-line-driven package management system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Distribution use
- RPM is a core component of distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, CentOS, Tizen, Mageia, and CBL-Mariner.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project provides reference documentation shipped with RPM for versions 6.1.x, 6.0.x, and 4.20.x.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrity
- RPM can verify packaged software and the resulting software installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface
- RPM is a command-line driven package management system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- RPM 6.1.0 was released on August 20, 2026, as a stable update with features and bug fixes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Library API
- A library API lets developers manage package transactions from languages such as C or Python.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- RPM is free software released under GPL-2.0-or-later, with code in the lib and rpmio subdirectories also offered under LGPL-2.1-or-later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- RPM 6.0 removed support for installing RPM v3 packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package building
- RPM can build computer software from source into distributable packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package format compatibility
- RPM 6.0 supports RPM v4 and v6 packages; support for installing RPM v3 packages was removed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- RPM v4,RPM v6checked 21 Sep 2026
- Package information
- RPM packages contain an archive of files and information such as the package version and description.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package integrity
- RPM can verify the integrity of packaged software and the resulting software installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package management
- RPM builds software from source into distributable packages and installs, updates, uninstalls, queries, and verifies packaged software.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package signing
- RPM 6.0 supports multiple OpenPGP signatures per package and OpenPGP v6 keys and signatures.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project history
- The first version-control commit in the current source tree dates to 1995.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RPM builds software from source into distributable packages and installs, updates, uninstalls, queries, and verifies packaged software.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release security
- RPM 6.0.0 defaults to enforcing signature checking and supports OpenPGP v6 and post-quantum cryptography keys and signatures.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security contact
- The project says it has no specific security personnel or processes and directs sensitive upstream security reports to Red Hat Product Security as its contact point.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The project says it has no specific security personnel or processes and directs sensitive upstream security reports to Red Hat Product Security.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Signature checking
- RPM defaults to enforcing signature checking.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Signing support
- RPM 6.1.0's rpmsign can sign files with PKCS11 tokens.checked 12 Oct 2026
