RPM misc options
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
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NAME rpm - lesser need options for rpm(8)
OPTIONS
- --predefine='MACRO EXPR'
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Defines MACRO with value EXPR. before loading macro files.
Switching off features
- --color [never|auto|always]
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Use terminal colors for highlighting error and debug message. Default is turning colors on for ttys only (auto).
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--nocontexts
Disable the SELinux plugin if available. This stops the plugin from setting SELinux contexts for files and scriptlets.
- --noglob
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Do not glob arguments when installing package files.
- --nocaps
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Don't verify capabilities of files.
- --excludeconfigs, --noconfigs
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Do not install configuration files.
- --nohdrchk
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Don't verify database header(s) when retrieved.
Debugging
- -d, --debug
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Print debugging information.
- --deploops
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Print dependency loops as warning.
- --fsmdebug
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Print debuging information of payload handling code.
- --rpmfcdebug
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Print debug information about files packaged.
- --rpmiodebug
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Print debug information about file IO.
- --stats
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Print runtime statistics of often used functions.
Obsolete Options
- -K, --checksig
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See and use rpmkeys(8).
- --nodocs
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Do not install documentation.
Use --excludedocs instead.
- --promoteepoch
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Enable obsolete epoch handling used in rpm 3.x time frame.
- --prtpkts
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OBSOLETE! Used to print the packages containing and representing the pgp keys for debugging purposes.