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.rpm

High risk

RPM Package

Red Hat-family Linux package format (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE). Managed with dnf / yum / zypper.

MIME types

  • application/x-rpm

Category

executable

What opens this file

  • rpm
  • dnf
  • yum
  • zypper

How to open by OS

Windows

  • WSL Fedora.

Mac

  • Not supported.

Linux

  • RHEL, Fedora, openSUSE, Amazon Linux.

Ios

  • Not supported.

Android

  • Not supported.

Safety notes

  • Never install RPMs without a valid GPG signature. Avoid --nogpgcheck outside of throwaway environments.
  • %post scripts execute arbitrary commands — untrusted RPMs are as dangerous as running raw executables.

Common mistakes

  • Mis-stated Provides / Requires cause dependency loops in resolution.
  • Omitting the epoch field breaks version comparisons (1:0.1 vs 0.2 surprises you).

Related extensions

References