About rpm...


What is this rpm file ?
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The short answer: RPM stand for RPM Package Manager. The RPM file contains
software, data and information about the way the system should install things.
RPM can be used with many popular linux distrbutions.
The long one can be found here: http://www.rpm.org/

Installing a package
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First grab the RPM package: the .rpm file only, you do not need any other file.
Then log as root and run the following command:
# rpm -Uvh package.rpm

-Uvh ?
U=upgrade. If a previous version of the package exists, it is replaced by the new one.
v and h: print nice progress bar and messages.

That's it.