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.TH "RPM-PLUGINS" "8" "2026-01-08" "RPM 6.0.1"
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.SH NAME
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rpm-plugins - Plugins for the RPM Package Manager
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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RPM plugins provide functionality that is not suited to be used
everywhere.\& They may not be built or shipped on some platforms or may
not be installed or be disabled on some systems.\&
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This allows plugins to interface with systems that may not acceptable as
a dependency for RPM and to provide functionality that may be unwanted
under some circumstances.\&
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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Some plugins can be configured by specific macros or influenced by
command line parameters.\& But most can only be turned on or off.\& See the
plugin'\&s man page for details.\&
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Plugins are controlled by a macro \fB%__transaction_NAME\fR which is set
to the location of the plugin file.\& Undefining the macro or setting it
to \fB%{nil}\fR will prevent the plugin from being run.\&
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This can be done on the RPM command line e.\&g.\& with
\fB--undefine=__transaction_syslog\fR.\& To disable a plugin
permanently, place a \fImacros.\&*\fR file in \fI/etc/rpm/\fR that contains
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.nf
.RS 4
%__transaction_NAME %{nil}
.fi
.RE
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Another option is to remove the plugin from the system if it is packaged
in its own sub package.\&
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For some operations it may be desirable to disable all plugins at once.\&
This can be done by passing \fB--noplugins\fR to \fBrpm\fR(8) at the command
line.\&
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBrpm\fR(8), \fBrpm-plugin-audit\fR(8), \fBrpm-plugin-ima\fR(8),
\fBrpm-plugin-prioreset\fR(8), \fBrpm-plugin-selinux\fR(8),
\fBrpm-plugin-syslog\fR(8), \fBrpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit\fR(8)