librpm
E771697
librpm is the core programming library that provides the underlying functionality for working with RPM package files, including querying, installing, and managing them.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RPM database API | 1 |
| RPM header API | 1 |
| RPM signature API | 1 |
| RPM transaction API | 1 |
| librpm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8993667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: librpm Context triple: [RPM, hasComponent, librpm]
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A.
libdnf
libdnf is a software library that provides the core dependency resolution and package management functionality used by the DNF package manager on RPM-based Linux distributions.
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B.
RPM
RPM is a widely used package management system originally developed for Linux distributions to build, install, and manage software packages.
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C.
libsolv
libsolv is a dependency resolver library originally developed for openSUSE that provides fast and robust package dependency solving for Linux package managers.
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D.
Portage package manager
Portage is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software with highly customizable build options.
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E.
PackageKit
PackageKit is a system-agnostic software management framework that provides a unified interface for installing, updating, and removing packages across different Linux distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: librpm Target entity description: librpm is the core programming library that provides the underlying functionality for working with RPM package files, including querying, installing, and managing them.
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A.
libdnf
libdnf is a software library that provides the core dependency resolution and package management functionality used by the DNF package manager on RPM-based Linux distributions.
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B.
RPM
RPM is a widely used package management system originally developed for Linux distributions to build, install, and manage software packages.
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C.
libsolv
libsolv is a dependency resolver library originally developed for openSUSE that provides fast and robust package dependency solving for Linux package managers.
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D.
Portage package manager
Portage is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software with highly customizable build options.
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E.
PackageKit
PackageKit is a system-agnostic software management framework that provides a unified interface for installing, updating, and removing packages across different Linux distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RPM component
ⓘ
software library ⓘ |
| category | package management library ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Linux distributions
ⓘ
UNIX-like operating systems ⓘ |
| fileFormat | RPM package file ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
RPM I/O and payload API
ⓘ
RPM database API ⓘ
linked to:
librpm
RPM header API ⓘ
linked to:
librpm
RPM macro API ⓘ RPM signature API ⓘ
linked to:
librpm
RPM transaction API ⓘ
linked to:
librpm
|
| implements | core RPM functionality ⓘ |
| license | GPL-compatible license ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
RPM community
ⓘ
linked to:
RPM
RPM upstream project ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
RPM .rpm files
ⓘ
RPM database ⓘ |
| partOf |
RPM Package Manager
ⓘ
linked to:
RPM
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| providesAPIFor |
RPM database access
ⓘ
RPM package management ⓘ RPM signature verification ⓘ RPM transaction management ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
RPM changelog access
ⓘ
RPM configuration handling ⓘ RPM dependency metadata access ⓘ RPM file metadata management ⓘ RPM header parsing ⓘ RPM macro expansion ⓘ RPM payload extraction ⓘ RPM scriptlet handling ⓘ RPM signature and digest algorithms ⓘ RPM transaction sets ⓘ RPM triggers handling ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
dependency resolution for RPM packages
ⓘ
installing RPM packages ⓘ querying RPM packages ⓘ removing RPM packages ⓘ upgrading RPM packages ⓘ verifying RPM packages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
RPM-based package management frontends
ⓘ
rpm command-line tool ⓘ |
| usedIn |
CentOS
ⓘ
Fedora ⓘ
linked to:
Fedora Linux
Red Hat-based distributions ⓘ SUSE-based distributions ⓘ openSUSE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: librpm Description of subject: librpm is the core programming library that provides the underlying functionality for working with RPM package files, including querying, installing, and managing them.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: librpm
linked to: librpm
linked to: librpm
linked to: librpm