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Introduction

RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager. It uses a RPM database to maintain a listing of all software installed using RPM including the last version installed. There are RPM switches to install, erase, update, and query the software database. Refer to the man pages of RPM for further information. There are too many switches to discuss there. Below are the most commonly used. RPM software packages can be recognized by their extension .rpm.

Using RPM

Legend for some of the examples above:

Where to Download

• Freshmeat
• Red Hat ftp Site for x86 RPMs
• Red Hat ftp Site for Alpha RPMs

What is Related

• LILO Configuration
• Using Your Floppy Drive
• Using Your CD-ROM Drive
• Burning a CD-ROM
• tar: Tape Archive Files
• locate: Find Files and Directories
• chgrp: Changing the Group of a File or Directory
• chmod: Changing File and Directory Permissions
• Configuring a Local Printer Using Red Hat’s PrintTool
• gzip and gunzip: Files With .gz Extensions
• File/Directory Permissions
• chown: Changing the Owner of a File or Directory
• Setting your Path
• adduser: Adding A New User
• bzip2 and bunzip2: Files With .bz2 Extensions