Information about the package, rpm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rpm package is designed for, The RPM package management system.
Package Name:
rpm
Summary:
The RPM package management system
URL:
Description:
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, etc.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.8.0
Release:
55.el6
Size:
1.9 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the rpm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rpm
This command will install rpm on the server.
yum remove rpm
This command will un-install rpm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rpm
This command will un-install rpm on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpm when using the -y flag.
yum update rpm
This command will update rpm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rpm
This command will update rpm to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rpm when using the -y flag.
yum info rpm
This command will show you core information about the rpm package.
yum deplist rpm
This command will show you the dependencies for rpm. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update rpm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rpm. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.