RPM application packages

To build and deploy applications for AutoSD, package the application with RPM Package Manager (RPM) and embed the packaged application in the operating system (OS) image. The Automotive SIG provides sample OS image manifests that you can customize for specific use cases and sample applications that you can package and deploy in your OS images.

There are two types of packages:

• Binary packages (RPM packages): A binary package contains compiled software.
• Source RPM packages (SRPM packages): A source package contains the source code of the application, the spec file that specifies how to compile the source code, and eventual patches to produce the binary packages.

In this example workflow, you will learn how to prepare the sample application source code that you want to package with RPM, create a spec file, build a binary RPM, and create a local RPM repository. Then configure the OS image build process to include your RPM at build time. To learn more about RPM packages, see the RHEL RPM guide.