Red Hat Package Managemant

Red hat package management (RPM)

• It helps us to keep track, Install, Uninstall and update software packages of your red hat system.
• RPM files can contain binaries or source code.
• It works with command line interface or GUI but in this it is limited.

Options for RMP command

-I             - Install

-e            - Erase (remove)

-u            - Upgrade

-q            - Query

-v            - Verify

-h            - Hash mark screen (Progress of installation)

Examples

#rpm –ivh webmin-1.110.norarch.rpm

#rpm –q webmin

#rpm –qi webmin (I after q means – more info)

#rpm –e webmin