rpm-software-management/rpm

The RPM package manager

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README

This is RPM, the RPM Package Manager.

The latest releases are always available at:

	http://rpm.org/download.html

Additional RPM documentation (papers, slides, HOWTOs) can also be
found at the same site: http://rpm.org.

http://rpm.org/community all rpm related mailing lists.

RPM was originally written by:

    Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
    Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>

See the CREDITS file for a list of folks who have helped us out
tremendously.  RPM is Copyright (c) 1998 by Red Hat Software, Inc.,
and may be distributed under the terms of the GPL and LGPL (see  the
file COPYING for details).

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rpm-software-management/rpm

The RPM package manager

589

stars

10,826

commits

C++

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

rpm.org
build-tool
package-manager
packages

README

This is RPM, the RPM Package Manager.

The latest releases are always available at:

	http://rpm.org/download.html

Additional RPM documentation (papers, slides, HOWTOs) can also be
found at the same site: http://rpm.org.

http://rpm.org/community all rpm related mailing lists.

RPM was originally written by:

    Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
    Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>

See the CREDITS file for a list of folks who have helped us out
tremendously.  RPM is Copyright (c) 1998 by Red Hat Software, Inc.,
and may be distributed under the terms of the GPL and LGPL (see  the
file COPYING for details).

Not written in Markdown, so it's shown here as plain text — view it formatted on GitHub.

Contributors

(top 30 of 278)

pmatilai

8,495 commits

ffesti

620 commits

dmnks

346 commits

mlschroe

276 commits

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