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Post 302088357 by prashant_ohol on Monday 11th of September 2006 05:40:50 PM
09-11-2006
What Is The RPM?
Hello,
Do you know what is the RPM?
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source code for new software and package it into source and binary form such that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for information about files and/or packages.
Red Hat, Inc. encourages other distribution vendors to take the time to look at RPM and use it for their own distributions. RPM is quite flexible and easy to use, though it provides the base for a very extensive system. It is also completely open and available, though we would appreciate bug reports and fixes. Permission is granted to use and distribute RPM royalty free under the GPL.
RPM is an open packaging system that is available for anyone to use. It works on all Linux as well as currently on various other UNIX flavours: IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD.
Installing Packages
RPM packages typically have file names rpm -i prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm which includes :-
package name prashant
version 1.1
release 1
architecture i386
How to install RPM?
rpm -ivh prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm
uninstalling packages
rpm -e prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm
Upgrading Packages
rpm -Uvh prashant-2.0.i386.rpm
Verifying Packages
rpm -v prashant
bingo
Prashant Ohol - System Administrator
Do you know what is the RPM?
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source code for new software and package it into source and binary form such that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for information about files and/or packages.
Red Hat, Inc. encourages other distribution vendors to take the time to look at RPM and use it for their own distributions. RPM is quite flexible and easy to use, though it provides the base for a very extensive system. It is also completely open and available, though we would appreciate bug reports and fixes. Permission is granted to use and distribute RPM royalty free under the GPL.
RPM is an open packaging system that is available for anyone to use. It works on all Linux as well as currently on various other UNIX flavours: IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD.
Installing Packages
RPM packages typically have file names rpm -i prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm which includes :-
package name prashant
version 1.1
release 1
architecture i386
How to install RPM?
rpm -ivh prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm
uninstalling packages
rpm -e prashant-1.1-1.i386.rpm
Upgrading Packages
rpm -Uvh prashant-2.0.i386.rpm
Verifying Packages
rpm -v prashant
bingo
Prashant Ohol - System Administrator
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swaplabel - Print or change the label / UUID of a swap area SYNOPSIS
swaplabel [-L label] [-U UUID] device DESCRIPTION
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