Information about the package, rpmlint, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rpmlint package is designed for, Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages.
Package Name:
rpmlint
Summary:
Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
Description:
rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in RPM packages. Binary and source packages as well as spec files can be checked.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.94
Release:
3.1.el6
Size:
186 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the rpmlint package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rpmlint
This command will install rpmlint on the server.
yum remove rpmlint
This command will un-install rpmlint on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpmlint, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rpmlint
This command will un-install rpmlint on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpmlint when using the -y flag.
yum update rpmlint
This command will update rpmlint to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpmlint, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rpmlint
This command will update rpmlint to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpmlint when using the -y flag.
yum info rpmlint
This command will show you core information about the rpmlint package.
yum deplist rpmlint
This command will show you the dependencies for rpmlint. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update rpmlint
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rpmlint. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.