SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT

To manage the software in Linux, two utilities are used,

1. RPM – REDHAT PACKAGE MANAGER

2. YUM – YELLOWDOG UPDATER MODIFIED

RPM –REDHAT PACKAGE MANAGER

RPM is a package managing system (collection of tools to manage software packages). RPM is a powerful
software management tool for installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying and updating software packages. RPM is a
straight forward program to perform the above software management tasks.

Features:

 RPM can verify software packages.

 RPM can be served as a powerful search engine to search for software’s.
 Components, software’s etc. can be upgraded using RPM without having to reinstall them
 Installing, reinstalling can be done with ease using RPM
 During updates RPM handles configuration files carefully, so that the customization is not lost.

Syntax: rpm [options]

The options for rpm are divided into three different sections (modes): install/
upgrade/erase, query, and verify.

Install/Upgrade/Erase Options:

-e Removes a given package

-i Installs a given package
-h Shows hash progress when installing
-U Upgrades a given package
-v Provides verbose output

Query Options (with -q):

-c Lists all config files

-d Lists all documentation files
-i Displays information about the package
-l Lists the files in a package

Verify Options (with -v):

-a Queries all packages

-f Displays information about the specified file