Red Hat Package Manager

he rpm (Red Hat Package Manager) utility works only with software packages that have been built for processing by rpm; it installs, uninstalls, upgrades, queries, and verifies rpm packages.

The Processor Architecture

• i386 covers all Intel- and most AMD-based systems.

• i586 covers Pentium-class processors and above.

• i686 refers to Pentium II or better, and includes MMX extensions.

• S390 is for IBM System/390.

• ia64 is for the 64-bit Intel processor.

• alpha is for the DEC/Compaq Alpha chip.

• athlon denotes the AMD Athlon family including x86_64 and AMD64.

• ppc is for the Power PC chip.

• sparc covers the Sun Sparc processor).

• Noarch can run on any architecture.

   

Querying Packages and Files

rpm -qa---Getting a list of on-line summaries of all packages installed on the system

rpm -q packageName

rpm -qi packageName

rpm -ql packageName---Listing the files in a package

rpm -qf fileName---Determining which package a file belongs to

Installing, Upgrading, and Removing Packages

rpm -Uvh packageName.rpm

U:Updating existing packages and installing new packages

v(verbose):Displaying information about what is happening

h:Displaying hash marks as the package is unpacked and installed

rpm -e packageName