Recently, I need to install RPM to RedHat Linux, but I don't have root access. I found this post: http://ajaya.name/?p=6353. However, some commands in the command are not correct or need more clarification. So I wrote down my experience below.
- create file ~/.rpmmacros and add following line
%_rpmlock_path lib/rpm/__db.000 - Initialize the database by running command:
rpm --initdb \
--root /home/<user_name>/rpm-local/ \
--dbpath /home/<user_name>/rpm-local/lib/rpm
- Check the dependence
rpm --root /home/<user_name>/rpm-local/ \
--dbpath /home/<user_name>/rpm-local/lib/rpm \
-ivh package.rpm
- Install package
rpm --root /home/<user_name>/rpm-local \
--dbpath /home/<user_name>/rpm-local/lib/rpm \ --relocate /usr=/home/<user_name>/rpm-local \
--nodeps \
-ivh package.rpm
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