A module to install .rpm files

[marcinjahn]

Some packages are distributed as .rpm files without any copr repo or anything like that.
What is the best way to install such packages?

[fiftydinar]

You can use a script to place/download the file in /tmp/myrpm/name-of-package.rpm f.e. & than issue rpm-ostree install /tmp/myrpm/name-of-package.rpm

But I agree that it would be nice to have this integrated inside rpm-ostree module.

[xynydev]

The rpm-ostree module might already support installing RPMs straight from a URL, as I believe the rpm-ostree install command does too.

If that is the case, the issue comes from the module using rpm-ostree override remove --install when the remove section is present, which might not support the feature.

You should try this by adding the URL to the RPM in the install section of an rpm-ostree module without a remove section. If that works, we shall make the module detect URLs to install them properly with rpm-ostree install, and document the feature.

[marcinjahn]

You're right, using an URL as a package seems to work fine: https://github.com/marcinjahn/mj-os/actions/runs/9032211800/job/24819959513