Is there a way to extract an installed RPM from an RPM database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to reproduce the original .rpm
file?
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Is there a way to extract an installed RPM from an RPM database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to reproduce the original .rpm
file?
Best Answer
If you want to save a copy of the package as currently installed before upgrading or removing it, use
rpm --repackage
-- it'll save the RPMs in /var/tmp or /var/spool/repackage or elsewhere, depending on your configuration.Otherwise, there exists
rpmrebuild
, which does exactly what you ask for.Word of caution: with neither of these tools do you obtain the exact same
*.rpm
as the one you started from. Any changes to the installed files belong to the package will be in the RPMs generated.