rpmdeps(1) — Linux manual page

RPMDEPS(1)               General Commands Manual               RPMDEPS(1)

NAME         top

       rpmdeps - Generate RPM Package Dependencies

SYNOPSIS         top

       rpmdeps <operation> [options]

       rpmdeps <operation> [options] FILE ...

DESCRIPTION         top

       rpmdeps generates package dependencies for one or more files,
       received either as a list of filenames on the standard input, or
       command line arguments.

       rpmdeps is not normally invoked directly, but doing so can be
       useful for troubleshooting dependency generation and developing
       new dependency generators. The installation directory of rpmdeps
       can be determined with rpm -E "%{_rpmconfigdir}".

       Note that the actual rpmdeps command is only used for automatic
       dependency generation in a legacy compatibility mode of
       rpmbuild(1).

OPERATIONS         top

       --alldeps
           Print all the dependencies.

       --conflicts
           Print the conflicts dependencies.

       --enhances
           Print the enhances dependencies.

       --obsoletes
           Print the obsoletes dependencies.

       --orderwithrequires
           Print the orderwithrequires dependencies.

       -P, --provides
           Print the provides dependencies.

       --recommends
           Print the recommends dependencies.

       -R, --requires
           Print the requires dependencies.

       --suggests
           Print the suggests dependencies.

       --supplements
           Print the supplements dependencies.

ARGUMENTS         top

       FILE
           Any regular file.

OPTIONS         top

       See rpm-common(8) for the options common to all operations.

ENVIRONMENT         top

       RPM_BUILD_ROOT
           The prefix path to strip out when generating dependencies
           based on actual paths.

EXIT STATUS         top

       On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.

EXAMPLES         top

       rpmdeps --requires /bin/ls
           Output the automatic requires dependencies of the ls(1)
           binary.

       find popt-1.19-build/BUILDROOT -type f | /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdeps -P
           Output the automatic provides of all files in the
           popt-1.19-build/BUILDROOT directory

SEE ALSO         top

       rpm(8), rpmbuild(1), rpm-common(8)

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RPM 6.0.90                      2026-01-16                     RPMDEPS(1)

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