RPM

[sym]

I have never used the RPM format before. I was hoping I could get some opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of it.

Thanks.

[aleatory]

Originally posted by sym:
I have never used the RPM format before. I was hoping I could get some opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of it.

Thanks.

Even though I'm also a newbie, the rpm program is a useful tool. For instance, if
you want to know what the kernel version you
are using, you can easily find it out. What
you have to do is:

rpm -q kernel

I don't know about drawbacks, but it is a
handy tool to install, remove, and check
software programs.

If you want to know more about rpm, then
just type:

rpm --help | more

on your machine.