RedHatPakete

RedHatPakete (literally "Red Hat packages") commonly denotes the software packages and packaging practices used by Red Hat–based Linux distributions. The term is often used informally to refer to RPM-format packages, repository structures, and the tooling around building, distributing and installing software for distributions derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora and community rebuilds.

Packages are typically distributed as .rpm files created from a spec file that describes build steps, metadata, dependencies and file lists. Source packages (SRPMs) contain sources and the spec used to produce binary RPMs. Common build tools include rpmbuild, mock and automated build systems such as Koji. Package maintainers follow distribution policies to ensure compatibility, licensing compliance and predictable upgrades.

Installation and dependency management are handled by package managers like DNF and the older YUM, which consult repository metadata to resolve dependencies, download packages and apply updates. Repositories are served with metadata generated by tools such as createrepo and may offer signed packages and metadata to verify integrity. Delta RPMs and modular repositories are used to reduce download size and manage multiple streams or application versions.

Security practices around RedHatPakete include GPG signing of packages, vulnerability tracking and coordinated errata for fixes. While RPM is the central format, interoperability and differences with other packaging ecosystems (deb, tarball, container images) shape how software is packaged and distributed for Red Hat–derived systems.