RPM Package Manager file

Summary

Name

RPM Package Manager file

Version

1

Identifiers

PUID: fmt/793

Description

RPM Package Manager file (RPM) was previously known as a Red Hat Package Manager File. It is a file used by RPM Package Manager which is a package management system. RPM files currently appear in two defined types, the first is binary package files containing the compiled version of certain software. The second is source package files containing the source code used to produce a package. These have an appropriate tag in the file header that distinguishes them from Binary RPMs, causing them to be extracted to /usr/src on installation. Source package files customarily carry the file extension “.src.rpm".

File extensions

rpm, src.rpm

Submitted by

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Changelog

• V83

  Release date

  17 December 2015

  • Added format

    RPM Package Manager file 1: Full entry added.

  • Added signature

    RPM Package Manager file 1: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.