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Fred Fish's Product-Info  |  1996-10-12  |  1007 b   |  43 lines
  1. .name
  2. rpm
  3. .fullname
  4. RedHat Package Manager
  5. .type
  6. Programmer Tool
  7. .short
  8. Powerful package manager
  9. .description
  10. rpm  is  a  powerful package manager, which can be used to
  11. build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall indi-
  12. vidual  software  packages.   A  package  consists  of  an
  13. archive of files, and package information, including name,
  14. version, and description.
  15.  
  16. There  are  six basic modes of operation, and each takes a
  17. different set of options.  They are Install,  Query,  Ver-
  18. ify, Signature check, Uninstall, Build.
  19.  
  20. Install mode:
  21.     rpm -i [install-options] <package_file>+
  22. Query mode:
  23.     rpm -q [query-options]
  24. Verify mode:
  25.     rpm -V|-y|--verify [verify-options]
  26. Signature Check mode:
  27.     rpm --checksig <package_file>+
  28. Uninstall mode:
  29.     rpm -e <package_name>+
  30. Build mode:
  31.     rpm -bO [build-options] <package_spec>+
  32. .version
  33. 2.2.6
  34. .author
  35. Marc Ewing
  36. Erik Troan
  37. .distribution
  38. GNU Public License
  39. .described-by
  40. Fred Fish (fnf@ninemoons.com)
  41. .submittal
  42. Transfered via ftp from redhat.com
  43.