Some
of the RPM-based distributions are Red Hat, Fedora, Fermi Linux,
CentOS, SUSE Enterprise, openSUSE, and Mandriva. RPM is used to build,
install, verify, update, and uninstall software in these distributions.
This is done by using the rpm command, along with options that specify the action you would like to perform.
Some common options used with the rpm command are:
The convention for naming RPM packages is: packagename-a.b.c-x.arch.rpm. Each part of the package name has a meaning:
Package Name – the name of the package (packagename)
Version Number – package’s version number (a.b.c)
Build Number – software release number (x)
Architecture – the architecture for which the package was built (arch)
For example, the package name kdessh-4.3.5-0.3.3.x86_64.rpm represents a program named kdessh, version 4.3.5, build 0.3.3 for x86_64 systems.
Installing packages using rpm
To install a package using the rpm command, type rpm followed by the -i option and the name of the package. For example, to install kdessh we would use the following command:
To determine the version and release information for software packages, use the rpm command with the -q option:
To get even more information use -qi options:
Uninstall packages using rpm
To uninstall software packages using rpm, use the -e option:
Some common options used with the rpm command are:
The convention for naming RPM packages is: packagename-a.b.c-x.arch.rpm. Each part of the package name has a meaning:
Package Name – the name of the package (packagename)
Version Number – package’s version number (a.b.c)
Build Number – software release number (x)
Architecture – the architecture for which the package was built (arch)
For example, the package name kdessh-4.3.5-0.3.3.x86_64.rpm represents a program named kdessh, version 4.3.5, build 0.3.3 for x86_64 systems.
Installing packages using rpm
To install a package using the rpm command, type rpm followed by the -i option and the name of the package. For example, to install kdessh we would use the following command:
NOTE – we have used the -v option to get more detailed informationGetting information about packages using rmp
To determine the version and release information for software packages, use the rpm command with the -q option:
To get even more information use -qi options:
Uninstall packages using rpm
To uninstall software packages using rpm, use the -e option:
NOTE – rpm does not install dependencies. Some higher level tools (like yum) are used for dependency management.
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