How to Install createrepo software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install createrepo software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

createrepo software package provides tool to generate the metadata for a yum repository, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) 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

createrepo package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package createrepo
Version 0.10.3-1
Description tool to generate the metadata for a yum repository
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove createrepo software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?