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date: "2023-03-08T00:00:00+00:00"
title: "RPM Package Registry"
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# RPM Package Registry

Publish [RPM](https://rpm.org/) packages for your user or organization.

## Requirements

To work with the RPM registry, you need to use a package manager like `yum`, `dnf` or `zypper` to consume packages.

The following examples use `dnf`.

## Configuring the package registry

To register the RPM registry add the url to the list of known sources:

```shell
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/rpm/{group}.repo
```

| Placeholder | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| `owner`     | The owner of the package. |
| `group`     | Optional: Everything, e.g. empty, `el7`, `rocky/el9`, `test/fc38`. |

Example:

```shell
# without a group
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm.repo

# with the group 'centos/el7'
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm/centos/el7.repo
```

If the registry is private, provide credentials in the url. You can use a password or a [personal access token](development/api-usage.md#authentication):

```shell
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://{username}:{your_password_or_token}@gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/rpm/{group}.repo
```

You have to add the credentials to the urls in the created `.repo` file in `/etc/yum.repos.d` too.

## Publish a package

To publish a RPM package (`*.rpm`), perform a HTTP PUT operation with the package content in the request body.

```
PUT https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/rpm/{group}/upload
```

| Parameter | Description |
| --------- | ----------- |
| `owner`   | The owner of the package. |
| `group`   | Optional: Everything, e.g. empty, `el7`, `rocky/el9`, `test/fc38`. |

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

```shell
# without a group
curl --user your_username:your_password_or_token \
     --upload-file path/to/file.rpm \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm/upload

# with the group 'centos/el7'
curl --user your_username:your_password_or_token \
     --upload-file path/to/file.rpm \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm/centos/el7/upload
```

If you are using 2FA or OAuth use a [personal access token](development/api-usage.md#authentication) instead of the password.
You cannot publish a file with the same name twice to a package. You must delete the existing package version first.

The server responds with the following HTTP Status codes.

| HTTP Status Code  | Meaning |
| ----------------- | ------- |
| `201 Created`     | The package has been published. |
| `400 Bad Request` | The package is invalid. |
| `409 Conflict`    | A package file with the same combination of parameters exist already in the package. |

## Delete a package

To delete an RPM package perform a HTTP DELETE operation. This will delete the package version too if there is no file left.

```
DELETE https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/rpm/{group}/package/{package_name}/{package_version}/{architecture}
```

| Parameter         | Description |
| ----------------- | ----------- |
| `owner`           | The owner of the package. |
| `group`           | Optional: The package group. |
| `package_name`    | The package name. |
| `package_version` | The package version. |
| `architecture`    | The package architecture. |

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

```shell
# without a group
curl --user your_username:your_token_or_password -X DELETE \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm/package/test-package/1.0.0/x86_64

# with the group 'centos/el7'
curl --user your_username:your_token_or_password -X DELETE \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/rpm/centos/el7/package/test-package/1.0.0/x86_64
```

The server responds with the following HTTP Status codes.

| HTTP Status Code  | Meaning |
| ----------------- | ------- |
| `204 No Content`  | Success |
| `404 Not Found`   | The package or file was not found. |

## Install a package

To install a package from the RPM registry, execute the following commands:

```shell
# use latest version
dnf install {package_name}
# use specific version
dnf install {package_name}-{package_version}.{architecture}
```