RPM Toolkit

RPM-related classes and procedures.

class rpmrh.rpm.Metadata(name: str, version: str, release: str, epoch=0, arch='src')[source]

Generic RPM metadata.

This class should act as a basis for all the RPM-like objects, providing common comparison and other “dunder” methods.

name

RPM name

version

RPM version

release

RPM release

epoch

Optional RPM epoch

arch

RPM architecture

classmethod from_nevra(nevra: str) → rpmrh.rpm.Metadata[source]

Parse a string NEVRA and converts it to respective fields.

Keyword Arguments:
 nevra – The name-epoch:version-release-arch to parse.
Returns:New instance of Metadata.
Raises:ValueError – The nevra argument is not valid NEVRA string.
nvr

name-version-release string of the RPM object

nevra

name-epoch:version-release.arch string of the RPM object

label

Label compatible with RPM’s C API.

canonical_file_name

Canonical base file name of a package with this metadata.

class rpmrh.rpm.LocalPackage(path, metadata: rpmrh.rpm.Metadata = NOTHING)[source]

Existing RPM package on local file system.

path

Resolved path to the RPM package

metadata

Metadata of the package

rpmrh.rpm.shorten_dist_tag(metadata: rpmrh.rpm.Metadata) → rpmrh.rpm.Metadata[source]

Shorten release string by removing extra parts of dist tag.

Examples

  • abcde-1.0-1.el7_4 → abcde-1.0-1.el7
  • binutils-3.6-4.el8+4 → binutils-3.6-4.el8
  • abcde-1.0-1.fc27 → abcde-1.0-1.fc27
Keyword Arguments:
 metadata – The metadata to shorten.
Returns:Potentially modified metadata.