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What is a .rpm file?
A .rpm file is a RPM Package Manager file (version 1). This is an archive — a container holding other files, usually compressed. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 3 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
3 different formats have claimed .rpm over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
How to open a .rpm file
- 7-Zip (Windows) or Keka / The Unarchiver (Mac) extract most archive formats, including old ones.
- On Linux, try `7z x`, `unar` or Ark.
The registry records this extension against RPM Package Manager file, RPM Package Manager file, RPM Package Manager file, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .rpm file
- Extract the contents, then re-compress as .zip if you need to share them widely.
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .rpm.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| RPM Package Manager file | 1 | — | fmt/793 |
| RPM Package Manager file | 2 | — | fmt/794 |
| RPM Package Manager file | 3 | — | fmt/795 |