How to Install fpm on Arch Linux

fpm is a package build and deployment tool written in Ruby. It can be used to create packages in various formats like RPM, DEB, tarball, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install fpm on Arch Linux from the official GitHub repository.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A system running Arch Linux with root privileges
• Ruby programming language
• RubyGems package manager

Step 1: Install Ruby

The first step is to install Ruby on your system. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

pacman -S ruby

This command will install Ruby on your system.

Step 2: Install RubyGems

Next, we need to install RubyGems, which is a package manager for the Ruby programming language. To install RubyGems, run the following command in your terminal:

pacman -S rubygems

Step 3: Install fpm

At this point, we have installed Ruby and RubyGems. Now we can use RubyGems to install fpm. To install fpm, run the following command in your terminal:

gem install --no-document fpm

This command will download and install the latest version of fpm from the official RubyGems repository.

Step 4: Verify fpm Installation

To verify that fpm is installed and running correctly, run the following command in your terminal:

fpm --version

This command should display the version of fpm that you just installed.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install fpm on Arch Linux from the official GitHub repository. You can now use fpm to create packages in various formats and deploy them on your system.