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      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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