createrepo software package provides generates the metadata necessary for a RPM package repository, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install createrepo
createrepo is installed in your system.
Make ensure the createrepo package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep createrepo *
You will get with createrepo package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | createrepo |
| Version | 0.4.11-1 |
| Description | generates the metadata necessary for a RPM package repository |
| Sub Section | Admin |
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