Difference between revisions of "Installing an RPM"

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RPM, Red Hat Package Manager, is a protocol for installing, updating, and upgrading software packages in Red Hat-based distributions of Linux. An RPM, then, is a package distributed in that format.  
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RPM, (abbreviation for '''R'''ed Hat '''P'''ackage '''M'''anager), is a protocol for installing, updating, and upgrading software packages in Red Hat-based distributions of Linux. An RPM, then, is a package distributed in that format.
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An RPM is the [[Linux Operating System]] equivalent of a VistA [[KIDS]] Build.
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager Wikipedia] further information
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager Wikipedia] further information
  
 
*[http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/rpminstall.html Tuxfiles] howto
 
*[http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/rpminstall.html Tuxfiles] howto

Latest revision as of 21:36, 21 December 2009

RPM, (abbreviation for Red Hat Package Manager), is a protocol for installing, updating, and upgrading software packages in Red Hat-based distributions of Linux. An RPM, then, is a package distributed in that format.

An RPM is the Linux Operating System equivalent of a VistA KIDS Build.