Install from distribution packages

rpkg is available in Fedora and EPEL repositories. It can be installed with package manager command. There are Python 2 and 3 package for Fedora and only Python 2 package in EPEL.

Install in a Fedora system:

sudo dnf install python2-rpkg

If Python 3 package is needed, install python3-rpkg.

Install in EL6 or EL7:

sudo yum install python2-rpkg

Install in a Python virtual environment

Both Python 2 and 3 packages are published in PyPI. Install rpkg in a Python 3 virtual environment in these steps:

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install rpkg rpm-py-installer

You are free to create a virtual environment with option --system-site-packages.

Please note that, rpkg depends on some other utilities to build packages. These packages are required to be installed as well.

• mock: for local mockbuild.
• rpm-build: for local RPM build, which provides the command line rpm.
• rpmlint: check SPEC.
• copr-cli: for building package in Fedora Copr.
• module-build-service: for building modules.

Sign-off commit

Make sure to sign-off your commits by git commit -s. This serves as a confirmation that you have the right to submit your changes. See Developer Certificate of Origin for details.

Run Tests

Before make a pull request, ensure local changes pass all test cases.

Before run tests, install these packages:

sudo dnf install python26 python37 detox python2-virtualenv

To run tests simply, make test.

By default, target test runs tests with all supported Python versions. However, if you look into Makefile, there is still a target tox that allows developer to run tests with test environments one by one.