RPM is a recursive acronym for RPM Package Manager. It is the default package manager in RedHat as well as RedHat based linux distributions like Mandrake. It is very powerful and can be used to install, deinstall, update softwares, as well as a whole lot of other things in linux. Basically, RPM can be divided into 3 main areas of functionality.
- Packages – Files that are compressed and contain applications, data and other files.
- Database – A list of installed packages in a system.
- Compilation – Bundling a bunch of files into a package suitable for installation on other systems.
Here, I will explain a few important RPM commands that are frequently used by linux users.
