Installing FPM on OpenSUSE

Introduction

FPM (Effing Package Management) is a command-line tool for creating packages in multiple formats (RPM, DEB, etc.) from various source formats (gem, tar, etc.) for multiple platforms using simple metadata. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FPM on OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

A computer running OpenSUSE
A user account with sudo or root privileges

Steps

Install prerequisites:

Before installing FPM, make sure your system is up to date by running:
```
sudo zypper update
```
Install the following packages required for installation of FPM:
```
sudo zypper install build-essential ruby ruby-devel rubygems rpm-build zlib-devel
```
Install FPM:

You can install FPM either via gem (Ruby's packaging manager) or via rpm package. Here, we will show you both methods.

a. Via gem:

To install FPM via gem, run:
```
sudo gem install fpm
```
This will install FPM and its dependencies.

b. Via rpm package:

To install FPM via rpm package, download the appropriate version of FPM for your system from the FPM releases page. For example:
```
wget https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/releases/download/v1.13.1/fpm-1.13.1-0.1.x86_64.rpm
```
Install the rpm package with zypper package manager by running:
```
sudo zypper install fpm-1.13.1-0.1.x86_64.rpm
```
This will install FPM and its dependencies as an rpm package.

Conclusion

You now have FPM installed on OpenSUSE. You can create packages in multiple formats and for multiple platforms using simple metadata. For more information about FPM and its usage, please refer to the official documentation.