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A [[package]] typically is a bundle of files that together allow you to perform a task. | A [[package]] typically is a bundle of files that together allow you to perform a task. | ||
| − | Most importantly, [[rpm]] and [[deb]] [[ | + | Most importantly, [[rpm]] and [[deb]] [[package]]s allow you to [[install software]], including its libraries, documentation and config files. |
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| + | = 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 | ||
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
