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> The best way to get RPM is to install Red Hat Linux. If you don't want
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> RPM itself should build on basically any Unix-like system. It has been
built and used on Tru64 Unix, AIX, Solaris, SunOS, and basically all
flavors of Linux.
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> To build RPMs from source, you also need everything normally required to
build a package, like <EM
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