RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is both a filetype (*.rpm) and the application that installs RPMs. One popular piece of software for installing, upgrading, and uninstalling RPMs in X is 'Gnome RPM', but we'll be dealing with how to do it from the terminal.
RPM filenames are made up as follows:
name-version-release.architecture.rpm
...e.g.:
tree-1.2-6.i386.rpm
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| Installing An RPM
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| Enter:
rpm -ivh tree-1.2-6.i386.rpm
...(replacing tree-1.2-6.i386.rpm with filename.)
i = install
v = verbose -- to tell you if install was successful (optional)
h = display hash marks to indicate progress (optional)
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| Note:
| If the RPM is on your Red Hat CD, enter:
mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
ls | less (to find filename of RPM (q to quit))
...then rpm -ivh filename to install.
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| Upgrading An RPM
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| | Enter:
rpm -Uvh filename
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| Note:
You can actually install a package by 'upgrading' it, even if there's no previous version to upgrade.
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| Uninstalling An RPM
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| | Enter:
rpm -e name
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| Note:
When uninstalling you give the name (e.g. tree) and not the package name (e.g. tree-1.2-6.i386.rpm).
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