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“Installing and removing programs on your computer can be a
little complicated. The software package manager RPM allows you to
install, remove and keep tabs on your software in a simple
way”
“RPM (RedHat Package Manager) is a program for installing
programs. It was developed by RedHat with the aim of simplifying
the distribution of pre-compiled software: in other words, software
that you do not need to compile before you install it. RPM is
especially useful for software companies that distribute GNU/Linux
(DISTRIB) and have to deal with thousands of files. RedHat, SuSE
and Caldera all distribute their products in RPM format. GNU/Linux
users have the advantages of being able to not only install their
programs more easily, but also install and keep tabs on their
installed programs.”
“This is a summary of the important features of the RPM
system:
- RPM makes installing, updating and removing software
simple. - RPM analyses what “dependencies” the program to install has on
other programs or libraries, in order to work correctly. For
example, the software A needs the software or library B to be in
the system, in order to work properly. - RPM keeps information about installed packages in a database.
This means that you can know exactly what is installed on your
system.”