fpm - packaging made simple

.. note:: The documentation here is a work-in-progress; it is by no means extensive. If you want to contribute new docs or report problems, you are invited to do so on the project issue tracker_.

Welcome to the fpm documentation!

fpm is a tool which lets you easily create packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and more!

fpm isn't a new packaging system, it's a tool to help you make packages for existing systems with less effort. It does this by offering a command-line interface to allow you to create packages easily. Here are some examples using fpm:

• fpm -s npm -t deb express -- Make a Debian package for the nodejs express library
• fpm -s cpan -t rpm Fennec -- Make an rpm for the perl Fennec module
• fpm -s dir -t pacman -n fancy ~/.zshrc -- Put your ~/.zshrc into an Arch Linux pacman package named "fancy"
• fpm -s python -t freebsd Django -- Create a FreeBSD package containing the Python Django library
• fpm -s rpm -t deb mysql.rpm -- Convert an rpm to deb

This project has a few important principles which guide development:

• Community: If a newbie has a bad time, it's a bug.
• Engineering: Make it work, make it right, then make it fast.
• Capabilities: If it doesn't do a thing today, we can make it do it tomorrow.

Install fpm <installation.html>_ and you'll quickly begin making packages for whatever you need!

You can view the changelog here_.

Table of Contents

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installation
getting-started
packaging-types
cli-reference
docker
contributing
changelog

.. _here: /changelog.html

.. _the project issue tracker: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues