# Install rpm with Homebrew

Standard unix software packaging tool. Version 6.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rpm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rpm
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rpm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.0.2
- **Source summary:** Standard unix software packaging tool
- **Homepage:** <https://rpm.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T08:47:05+01:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- gendiff (alias)
- rpm (alias)
- rpm2archive (alias)
- rpm2cpio (alias)
- rpmbuild (alias)
- rpmdb (alias)
- rpmgraph (alias)
- rpmkeys (alias)
- rpmlua (alias)
- rpmquery (alias)
- rpmsign (alias)
- rpmsort (alias)
- rpmspec (alias)
- rpmverify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 6.0.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for rpm. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /usr/lib/rpm/macros, /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.*, /usr/lib/rpm/platform/%{_target}/macros, /usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/macros, /etc/rpm/macros.*, /etc/rpm/macros, /etc/rpm/%{_target}/macros, ~/.config/rpm/macros, ~/.rpmmacros

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rpm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/rpm.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation