RPMs

Novell Cool Solutions: Question & Answer

Posted: 11 May 2005

Q:
How can I install .rpm files?

A:
rpm (Redhat Package Manager) are packed files. They can be installed with the command "rpm".

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Reader Comments

• Does the person who answered this know anything about Linux at all? Must better answers would have been: rpm -ivh Or better still yast -i
• The RPM command is not only used as 'rpm -ivh'! Otherwise, there would be no need for the '-ivh'!