What are RPM?s, what do they offer?

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What are RPM?s, what do they offer? ..

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The full form of RPM is Redhat Package Manager.
rpm is a powerful Package Manager, which can be used
to build,install, query, verify, update, and erase
individual software packages. A package consists of an
archive of files and meta-data used to install and erase the
archive files.

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What are RPM?s, what do they offer? ..

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RPM means R-Redhat P-Package M-manager
it's just like a .exe file of microsoft. we can use it in
linux only for installing and upgrading purpose.

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