Rpm Commands options

Originally developed by Red Hat for Red Hat Linux, RPM is now used by many Linux distributions. It has also been ported to some other operating systems, such as Novell NetWare (as of version 6.5 SP3) and IBM's AIX as of version 5.

Some important exempol

rpm -i package.rpm ( install selected package )

rpm -e package.rpm ( remove selected package , with --nodeps without checking the dependencies )

rpm -qi package.rpm ( show detailed information )

rpm -Va >report (create a complete report about rpm installed)

rpm -qc package.rpm ( list all configuration files for the installed package.rpm)

rpm -q --changelog package.rpm ( show changelog fot package.rpm )

rpm --allmatches package.rpm ( remove all version of the package whitch match package_name )

rpm -Uvh package.rpm ( The installed package may be upgraded with the package called file, giving verbose output and hash marks to show installation )

rpm -F package.rpm ( update a package only is an earlier version is installed )