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section: 8
title: RPM misc options
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NAME rpm - lesser need options for rpm(8)
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OPTIONS
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**\--predefine=\'***MACRO EXPR***\'**

:   Defines *MACRO* with value *EXPR* before loading macro files.

Switching off features
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**\--color \[never\|auto\|always\]**

:   Use terminal colors for highlighting error and debug message.
    Default is turning colors on for ttys only (**auto**).

**\--nocontexts** Disable the SELinux plugin if available. This stops
the plugin from setting SELinux contexts for files and scriptlets.

**\--noglob**

:   Do not glob arguments when installing package files.

**\--nocaps**

:   Don\'t verify capabilities of files.

**\--excludeconfigs, \--noconfigs**

:   Do not install configuration files.

**\--nohdrchk**

:   Don\'t verify database header(s) when retrieved.

Debugging
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**-d, \--debug**

:   Print debugging information.

**\--deploops**

:   Print dependency loops as warning.

**\--fsmdebug**

:   Print debuging information of payload handling code.

**\--rpmfcdebug**

:   Print debug information about files packaged.

**\--rpmiodebug**

:   Print debug information about file IO.

**\--stats**

:   Print runtime statistics of often used functions.

Obsolete Options
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**-K, \--checksig**

:   See and use **rpmkeys**(8).

**\--nodocs**

:   Do not install documentation. Use **\--excludedocs** instead.

**\--promoteepoch**

:   Enable obsolete epoch handling used in rpm 3.x time frame.

**\--prtpkts**

:   OBSOLETE! Used to print the packages containing and representing the
    pgp keys for debugging purposes.