GitHub RPM Updater

A Python script to update RPM packages from GitHub that do not have a corresponding RPM repo.

Usage

Create a config file at ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gh-rpm/config.yml with the following structure:

repositories:
  - repo: rclone/rclone # The name of the GitHub repo to search releases for.
    package:  rclone # The name of the installed RPM package - defaults to the repo name if not specified
    filter: '.*amd64.*' # An optional RegEx filter, useful for ensuring you only download and install the version for your distro/architecture.
    content_types: # An optional list of content types to filter on, will default to "application/x-rpm" and "application/x-redhat-package-manager" if not specified.
github_token: # Am optional GitHub personal access token with read permissions for the repo(s) specified above. It can also be set via the "GITHUB_TOKEN" environment variable.

Installation

Pipx

Using pipx you can quickly install the CLI and run it:

pipx install git+https://github.com/afwolfe/gh-rpm-updater.git
export GITHUB_TOKEN="..."
gh-rpm

From source

Install Python dependencies and run via Poetry, optionally passing in a GitHub token from the environment:

git clone https://github.com/afwolfe/gh-rpm-updater.git
cd gh-rpm-updater
poetry install
export GITHUB_TOKEN="..."
poetry run gh-rpm