RPM file format: header tags

Each index entry of an RPM header names a tag. This page lists every tag in the RPM project’s tag reference, in its groups and order, with the tag number and the data type (int32 is INT32, string array is STRING_ARRAY and so on). The signature tags are on the structure page.

Base package tags

Tag	Number	Type
Name	1000	string
Version	1001	string
Release	1002	string
Epoch	1003	int32
License	1014	string
Summary	1004	i18nstring
Description	1005	i18nstring
Os	1021	string
Arch	1022	string

Informative package tags

Tag	Number	Type
Buildhost	1007	string
Buildtime	1006	int32
Bugurl	5012	string
Changelogname	1081	string array
Changelogtext	1082	string array
Changelogtime	1080	int32 array
Cookie	1094	string
Distribution	1010	string
Disttag	1155	string
Disturl	1123	string
Encoding	5062	string
Group	1016	i18nstring
Modularitylabel	5096	string
Optflags	1122	string
Packager	1015	string
Platform	1132	string
Policies	1150	string array
Policyflags	5033	int32 array
Policynames	5030	string array
Policytypes	5031	string array
Policytypesindexes	5032	int32 array
Rpmformat	5114	int32
Rpmversion	1064	string
Sourcepkgid	1146	bin
Sourcerpm	1044	string
Translationurl	5100	string
UpstreamReleases	5101	string
Url	1020	string
Vcs	5034	string
Vendor	1011	string
Sourcenevr	5120	string

Packages with files

Tag	Number	Type
Archivesize	1046	int32
Dirnames	1118	string array
Filedigestalgo	5011	int32
Longarchivesize	271	int64
Longsize	5009	int64
Mimedict	5116	int32
Payloadcompressor	1125	string
Payloadflags	1126	string
Payloadformat	1124	string
Prefixes	1098	string array
Size	1009	int32

Per-file information

Tag	Number	Type
Basenames	1117	string array
Dirindexes	1116	int32 array
Filedevices	1095	int32 array
Filedigests	1035	string array
Fileflags	1037	int32 array
Filegroupname	1040	string array
Fileinodes	1096	int32 array
Filelangs	1097	string array
Filelinktos	1036	string array
Filemimeindex	5115	int32 array
Filemodes	1030	int16 array
Filemtimes	1034	int32 array
Filerdevs	1033	int16 array
Filesizes	1028	int32 array
Fileusername	1039	string array
Fileverifyflags	1045	int32 array
Longfilesizes	5008	int64 array

Optional file information

Tag	Number	Type
Classdict	1142	string array
Dependsdict	1145	int32 array
Filecaps	5010	string array
Fileclass	1141	int32 array
Filecolors	1140	int32 array
Filedependsn	1144	int32 array
Filedependsx	1143	int32 array
Filesignaturelength	5091	int32
Filesignatures	5090	string array
Veritysignaturealgo	277	int32
Veritysignatures	276	string array

Dependencies

Hard dependencies

Kind	…name	…version	…flags
Provide	1047	1113	1112
Require	1049	1050	1048
Conflict	1054	1055	1053
Obsolete	1090	1115	1114

Soft dependencies

Kind	…name	…version	…flags
Enhance	5055	5056	5057
Recommend	5046	5047	5048
Suggest	5049	5050	5051
Supplement	5052	5053	5054
Order	5035	5036	5037

The …name and …version tags are string arrays and the …flags tags int32 arrays (for example Requirename 1049, Requireversion 1050, Requireflags 1048).

Scriptlets

Each scriptlet has a script (string), flags (int32) and an interpreter program (string array).

Scriptlet	Script	…flags	…prog
Pretrans	1151	5024	1153
Prein	1023	5020	1085
Postin	1024	5021	1086
Preun	1025	5022	1087
Postun	1026	5023	1088
Posttrans	1152	5025	1154
Preuntrans	5103	5107	5105
Postuntrans	5104	5108	5106
Verifyscript	1079	5026	1091

Triggers

Field	Triggers	File triggers	Transaction file triggers	Type
…scripts	1065	5066	5076	string array
…name	1066	5069	5079	string array
…version	1067	5071	5081	string array
…flags	1068	5072	5082	int32 array
…index	1069	5070	5080	int32 array
…scriptprog	1092	5067	5077	string array
…scriptflags	5027	5068	5078	int32 array
…priorities	—	5084	5085	int32 array

Names: Triggerscripts, Filetriggerscripts, Transfiletriggerscripts and so on.

Signatures and digests

Tag	Number	Type
Dsaheader	267	bin
Longsigsize	270	int64
Openpgp	278	string array
Payloadsha256	5092	string array
Payloadsha256algo	5093	int32
Payloadsha256alt	5097	string array
Payloadsha512	5121	string
Payloadsha512alt	5122	string
Payloadsha3_256	5123	string
Payloadsha3_256alt	5124	string
Rsaheader	268	bin
Sha1header	269	string
Sha256header	273	string
Sha3_256_header	279	string
Siggpg	262	bin
Sigmd5	261	bin
Sigpgp	259	bin
Sigsize	257	int32

Installed package headers only

Tag	Number	Type
Filestates	1029	char array
Installcolor	1127	int32
Installtid	1128	int32
Installtime	1008	int32
Instprefixes	1099	string array
Origbasenames	1120	string array
Origdirindexes	1119	int32 array
Origdirnames	1121	string array
Packagedigests	5118	string array
Packagedigestalgos	5119	int32

Source packages

Tag	Number	Type
Buildarchs	1089	string array
Excludearch	1059	string array
Excludeos	1060	string array
Exclusivearch	1061	string array
Exclusiveos	1062	string array
Nopatch	1052	int32 array
Nosource	1051	int32 array
Patch	1019	string array
Source	1018	string array
Sourcepackage	1106	int32
Spec	5099	string

Internal and special

Tag	Number	Type
Headeri18ntable	100	string array
Headerimmutable	63	bin
Pubkeys	266	string array

Deprecated and obsolete

Tag	Number	Type
Filecontexts	1147	string array
Fscontexts	1148	string array
Gif	1012	bin
Icon	1043	bin
Oldenhancesname	1159	string array
Oldenhancesversion	1160	string array
Oldenhancesflags	1161	int32 array
Oldfilenames	1027	string array
Oldsuggestsname	1156	string array
Oldsuggestsversion	1157	string array
Oldsuggestsflags	1158	int32 array
Patchesflags	1134	int32 array
Patchesname	1133	string array
Patchesversion	1135	string array
Recontexts	1149	string array
Removetid	1129	int32
Xpm	1013	bin

Aliases

Listed by the reference without numbers of their own: C, Conflicts, E, Enhances, Filemd5s, Hdrid, N, Obsoletes, O, Oldenhances, Oldsuggests, P, Pkgid, Provides, R, Recommends, Requires, Suggests, Supplements, V.

Extensions

The reference’s extension tags, with numbers:

Tag	Number	Type
Archsuffix	5098	string
Dbinstance	1195	int32
Epochnum	5019	int32
Evr	5013	string
Headercolor	5017	int32
Nevr	5015	string
Nevra	5016	string
Nvr	5014	string
Nvra	1196	string
Filenames	5000	string array
Filenlinks	5045	int32 array
Fileprovide	5001	string array
Filerequire	5002	string array
Instfilenames	5040	string array
Origfilenames	5007	string array
Providenevrs	5042	string array
Requirenevrs	5041	string array
Obsoletenevrs	5043	string array
Conflictnevrs	5044	string array
Recommendnevrs	5058	string array
Suggestnevrs	5059	string array
Supplementnevrs	5060	string array
Enhancenevrs	5061	string array
Sysusers	5109	string array
Triggerconds	5005	string array
Triggertype	5006	string array
Filetriggerconds	5086	string array
Filetriggertype	5087	string array
Transfiletriggerconds	5088	string array
Transfiletriggertype	5089	string array
Verbose	5018	int32

The reference also lists under extensions Fileclass (1141, as a string array), Openpgp (278) and Rpmformat (5114), which also appear as stored tags above, and Longfilesizes, Longarchivesize, Longsize and Longsigsize without numbers.

Sources

RPM documentation, “RPM Tags” (rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/tags): every tag, number, type and group. The meaning of each tag and the bit values of the flags tags are given there and in rpmtag.h, and are not repeated here. The row for Name (1000) was garbled in the copy read; its number is the one rpm assigns to the first base tag.

.RPM File Format – Header tags