How to Install and Uninstall create-fake-rpm.noarch Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "create-fake-rpm.noarch" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install create-fake-rpm.noarch on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "create-fake-rpm.noarch" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall create-fake-rpm.noarch on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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3. Information about the create-fake-rpm.noarch package on Rocky Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : create-fake-rpm
Version : 4
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 18 k
Source : create-fake-rpm-4-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Generate fake (S)RPM
URL : https://github.com/xsuchy/create-fake-rpm
License : GPLv2+
Description : A tool to generate an (s)rpm with faked provides.
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: It may be useful when you install some library/module/application manually -
: without having an RPM package.
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: E.g., when you
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: pip install somepackage
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: And when some RPM package `Requires: python-somepackage` then /usr/bin/rpm
: refuses to install such package, because `python-somepackage` is not present
: on your system.
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: RPMDB does not know what you know. So you can run:
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: create-fake-rpm --build python-somepackage python3dist(somepackage)
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: This create package `fake-python-somepackage-0-0.noarch.rpm` which provides:
: "python-somepackage" and "python3dist(somepackage)".
: You can install it using:
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: dnf install fake-python-somepackage-0-0.noarch.rpm