Introduction
The RPM Maven Plugin allows artifacts from one or more projects to be packaged in an RPM for distribution. In addition to project artifacts, the RPM can contain other resources to be installed with the artifacts and scripts to be run while the package is being installed and removed. This plugin does not support the full range of features available to RPMs. In particular, source RPMs can not be generated and the spec files which are used do not do any build process (the plugin collects the files and "installs" them for packaging).
This documentation will not provide a tutorial for building and using RPMs. For more information on the subject, please refer to the resources listed at the bottom of this page. Reading some of these resources should be considered optional but highly recommended for basic use of RPMs and required before using advanced features such as scripts and dependencies.
Features
- Files can be collected from anywhere on the system and packaged
- Packaged files can be assigned any ownership and permissions
- Scripts for pre- and post-installation and pre- and post-removal are supported, as well as a verification script
How to Use the Plugin
For information on how to get the RPM file generated, please refer to the Usage Scenarios and Parameters documents.
Contributing
Contributions is welcomed. See contributing.