Current version: 0.3.1 (13 August 2025) [src]
The package and repository maintenance operator, parmo, is a tool to build software from source, turn it into native operating system packages, and manage repositories of those packages.
Use parmo to build internal repositories of local
software, for example packaging the software used by your organisation
for quick deployment using standard commands like
“apt install” and “dnf update”.
Build native packages from source, for multiple target operating systems, and store them in a package archive.
Select which version of each package is to be included in each local repository.
Index each local repository so that internal systems can use them.
Target operating systems supported:
- Debian 11-13 (compatible with Ubuntu and others)
- AlmaLinux 8-10 (compatible with Rocky Linux and others)
- CentOS 7
Packaging types supported:
.deb- Debian, Ubuntu, Devuan, anything that uses apt.rpm- AlmaLinux, SUSE, Rocky, CentOS, RHEL - dnf, yum, zypper
Using Docker or Podman, parmo can support multiple operating systems on a single host. It automatically maintains build environment containers for each target. Alternatively, parmo can run in native mode without containers, supporting only the operating system it is running on.
This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
- Source code: parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz [signature]
- Manual for parmo
- Git repository (at Codeberg)
- Issue tracker (at Codeberg)
Releases are signed with the signing key.
How to verify the signature of a download
Each release has an associated signature file. This is generated from the source archive using the private counterpart of the public signing key. Checking the signature using the public key allows you to confirm that the archive was signed by the author.
# Download the release's source archive curl -O https://ivarch.com/s/parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz # Download the release's signature file curl -O https://ivarch.com/s/ parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz.txt # Use GnuPG to verify the signature gpg --verify parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz.txt parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz
If you have installed the public signing key in your keyring, you will see confirmation like this:
gpg: Signature made Wed 13 Aug 2025 17:45:33 BST gpg: using RSA key D8FF44A79CC8A61EF694FA7EB883E01314DA8E84 gpg: issuer "andrew.wood@ ivarch.com" gpg: Good signature from "Andrew Wood <andrew.wood @ ivarch.com>" [unknown] gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: D8FF 44A7 9CC8 A61E F694 FA7E B883 E013 14DA 8E84
To install parmo, follow these steps:
curl -O https://ivarch.com/s/parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz tar xzf parmo-0.3.1.tar.gz cd parmo-0.3.1 sh ./configure make sudo make install
Comments, bug reports, feature requests, and patches can be sent using the Issue tracker.
News
0.3.1 - 13 August 2025
- feature: support for Debian 13
- fix: work around sources that generate their own RPMs on CentOS 7 and put them somewhere unexpected
0.2.0 - 29 May 2025
- feature: support for AlmaLinux 10
0.1.2 - 29 March 2025
- feature: new action “update-info” to generate a package information file
- docs: include example yum and apt repository configuration in the manual
0.1.0 - 17 February 2025
- feature: new option “–passphrase” to specify a file containing the signing passphrase
- feature: new action “install-into-image” to install a build dependency into an image
- feature: new options “–quiet” and “–verbose”
- feature: use SUDO_USER in preference to LOGNAME as the default username in activity logs
0.0.9 - 4 February 2025
- feature: allow options to be specified either before or after the action
- feature: allow a version without a release suffix to be used with “select” and “pin”
- feature: allow choice between podman and docker if both are installed
- fix: correct the extraction of build instructions from the source
0.0.5 - 18 January 2025
- feature: derive the target from the destination or source path with “index-repository” if no “–target” was given
- fix: work around differences in command line option availability between “docker” and “podman-docker”
- fix: correct the cleanup after “build-instructions” and “index-repository” when running under Docker
- fix: run containers non-interactively when stdin is not a terminal
0.0.1 - 18 January 2025
- initial release