What is the RPM file?

Red Hat® Package Manager is a file or set of files used to install software into Linux® -based systems. RPM, which was first introduced to support Red Hat® distribution in Linux®, has been included in many other Linux® distributions and other operating systems such as Novell Netware®. This technology is similar to compression used to pack many Word documents or Excel together for distribution. Information about each package is stored in Metach data, which is data that is data that defines to your computer, together installation files of packaging. The RPM file, as unpacked, stores META data in a host computer that keeps information about the installed packages. This helps maintain applications and ensure that the host operating system knows which version of the installed package is the most up -to -date.

Sometimes an application will be usedFront -end to manage the RPM package in the system. These applications are used to simplify the use of the RPM file even more by putting them into the graphical user interface (GUI). Many Linux® distributions are controlled by the command line, so the user leaves the user to enter the applications or RPM package files on the command line for using the package. The front -end manager allows the user to download packages and then open them in the GUI environment and remove the command line from the equation.

RPM packages can also help new Linux® users to get acquainted with the use of the operating system and make the setting process of setting less sadness simply Because it can be processed in GUI for desktop computers that many users have become comfortable.