CREATE-FAKE-RPM(1)

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💅 create-fake-rpm — the girlies' guide to the create-fake-rpm manual page ✨

okay so bestie, buckle up 🎀 this is the manual for create-fake-rpm, and honestly? it's giving "power tool that could absolutely ruin your day" energy. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

create-fake-rpm — generate fake (S)RPM. yes fr, that's the whole name. it does exactly what it says on the tin, no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

create-fake-rpm [--help] [--print-result] [--version=VERSION]
[--requires=PACKAGE] [--release=RELEASE] [--build] PACKAGE_NAME PROVIDES

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this script creates an empty RPM package to satisfy dependencies. that's the whole vibe. it's a placeholder, a decoy, a little stand-in guy 🧚

it's lowkey useful when you install some library/module/application manually — like, without having an RPM package for it. e.g., when you

pip install somepackage

and then some RPM package has Requires: python-somepackage, /usr/bin/rpm refuses to install that package, because python-somepackage is literally not present on your system. the RPMDB does not know what you know 😭 it's not psychic, bestie. so you can run:

create-fake-rpm --build python-somepackage python3dist(somepackage)

this creates the package fake-python-somepackage-0-0.noarch.rpm, which provides: "python-somepackage" and "python3dist(somepackage)". iconic. and you can install it using:

dnf install fake-python-somepackage-0-0.noarch.rpm

!!!! WARNING !!!! 💀

this is a big gun. you can easily shot yourself in a leg. do not use this tool unless you know what you are doing. and if you do know what you are doing — then think twice before you use it. you can easily destroy your machine with this tool. like, actually destroy it. not me being dramatic, that's the manpage talking 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --version=VERSION — you can specify the version of your package. the default is 0.
  • --release=RELEASE — you can specify the RELEASE of your package. the default is 0.
  • --requires=PACKAGE — makes the resulting rpm require another one. super useful for compatibility cases where packages have different names. can be used multiple times 🔥 (stack 'em up, bestie)
  • --build — creates an RPM package. without this option, only a SRC.RPM package will be created.
  • --print-result — just prints the resulting binary package. without this option, the full rpmbuild output is printed.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

rpmbuild(8) — go read that one too, it's the main character this whole thing leans on ⭐

🍓 BUGS 🍓

if you experience some problem, please report it at: https://github.com/xsuchy/create-fake-rpm/issues

no gatekeeping, just open the issue 🙈

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> — a real one, fr fr 💜

and that's the tea, bestie 🎀 this page is from the Create Fake RPM manual, dated 07/17/2024 — go forth, build your fake packages, and please please please don't blow up your machine 😭💖

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