RPM HOWTO: RPM at Idle
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4. Using RPM
In its simplest form, RPM can be used to install packages:
rpm -i foobar-1.0-1.i386.rpm
The next simplest command is to uninstall a package:
rpm -e foobar
One of the more complex but
highly
useful commands
allows you to install packages via FTP.  If you are connected to the net
and want to install a new package, all you need to do is specify the file
with a valid URL, like so:
rpm -i ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rh-2.0-beta/RPMS/foobar-1.0-1.i386.rpm
Please note, that RPM will now query and/or install via FTP.
While these are simple commands, rpm can be used in a multitude
of ways.  To see which options are available in your version of
RPM, type:
rpm --help
You can find more details on what those options do in the RPM man
page, found by typing:
man rpm
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