Install RPM on Ubuntu: Complete Guide

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
1 minute

Ubuntu uses the dpkg package management system, not the rpm package management system. Therefore, you cannot directly install rpm packages. However, you can install rpm packages on Ubuntu using the following method:

  1. Install the RPM package management tool.
  2. Please install the rpm package using the sudo apt-get command.
  3. Download RPM package and install using rpm command.
  4. Install the package.rpm using the rpm command.
  5. If RPM packages have dependencies, you can use the following command to resolve the dependency issues:
  6. Please install the necessary dependencies using the command “sudo apt-get -f install”.
  7. If you want to uninstall an installed RPM package, you can use the following command:
  8. Remove the package using rpm command.

Please note that RPM packages installed directly using the rpm command may conflict with the dpkg package management system. Therefore, it is recommended to use .deb format packages for installation.

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