Install RPM Packages in Fedora

In Fedora we can install the RPM package either by using rpm or dnf command, example is given below!

Using rpm command

Using rpm command we can install the RPM package such as -

[root@38841a887c28 ~]# rpm -i wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
	libgpgme.so.11()(64bit) is needed by wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64
	libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.0)(64bit) is needed by wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64
	libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.1)(64bit) is needed by wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64
	libmetalink.so.3()(64bit) is needed by wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64

In above example, the command errors out because the dependencies are not installed.

To make sure dependencies are installed, we can either use rpm -qpR to query the dependencies or use dnf command to install the RPM package with dependencies.

Using dnf command

To install using dnf command, we can use the syntax dnf localinstall followed by the RPM package file, dnf command will suggest dependencies as well.

[root@38841a887c28 ~]# dnf localinstall wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 1:01:10 ago on Thu Aug 29 03:16:17 2024.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                   Architecture                                         Version                                                      Repository                                                  Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 wget                                                      x86_64                                               1.21.4-1.fc39                                                @commandline                                               797 k
Installing dependencies:
 gpgme                                                     x86_64                                               1.23.2-3.fc40                                                fedora                                                     211 k
 libmetalink                                               x86_64                                               0.1.3-34.fc40                                                fedora                                                      32 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  3 Packages

Total size: 1.0 M
Total download size: 243 k
Installed size: 4.0 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): libmetalink-0.1.3-34.fc40.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                                                    19 kB/s |  32 kB     00:01
(2/2): gpgme-1.23.2-3.fc40.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                                                          87 kB/s | 211 kB     00:02
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                                                                                                          72 kB/s | 243 kB     00:03
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1/1
  Installing       : libmetalink-0.1.3-34.fc40.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                     1/3
  Installing       : gpgme-1.23.2-3.fc40.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                           2/3
  Installing       : wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                            3/3
  Running scriptlet: wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                            3/3

Installed:
  gpgme-1.23.2-3.fc40.x86_64                                                   libmetalink-0.1.3-34.fc40.x86_64                                                   wget-1.21.4-1.fc39.x86_64

Complete!

Source: phoenix NAP