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>Using RPM</TITLE
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>RPM HOWTO: </TH
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NAME="USE">4. Using RPM</H1
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> In its simplest form, RPM can be used to install packages:
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>rpm -i foobar-1.0-1.i386.rpm
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> The next simplest command is to uninstall a package:
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>rpm -e foobar
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> One of the more complex but <EM
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>highly</EM
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> useful commands
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allows you to install packages via FTP. If you are connected to the net
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and want to install a new package, all you need to do is specify the file
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with a valid URL, like so:
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>rpm -i ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rh-2.0-beta/RPMS/foobar-1.0-1.i386.rpm
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</PRE
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> Please note, that RPM will now query and/or install via FTP.
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> While these are simple commands, rpm can be used in a multitude
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of ways. To see which options are available in your version of
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RPM, type:
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>rpm --help
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> You can find more details on what those options do in the RPM man
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page, found by typing:
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>man rpm
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