RPM : Java Glossary

by Roedy Green ©1996-2008 Canadian Mind Products
Go to : punctuation 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (all)

RPM: Red Hat Package Manager, a Linux format for distributing software bundles for easy installation on Linux Mandriva/Mandrake, Red Hat, Novell/SuSE and others. On Linux, installation is a much simpler and less hazardous enterprise on Windows. There is no central registry as on Windows. To move an application from drive to drive, you just move the contents of a directory tree. Similarly, you can back up and restore applications and between machines. RPM is not that much more complicated than a Zip file. The only question an RPM install needs to ask the user is where in the directory tree (which indirectly defines the physical drive) you want the package installed, if the default is unsuitable.
RPM distributions may or may include source and/or binaries.
archive
collections of source code
JPackage
Linux
registry

	Please email your feedback for publication, errors, omissions, broken/redirected link reports and suggestions to improve this page to Roedy Green :
	Canadian Mind Products
	mindprod.com IP:[65.110.21.43]
	Your face IP:[38.103.63.17]	The information on this page is for non-military use only.
	You are visitor number 3,489.	Military use includes use by defence contractors.
	You can get a fresh copy of this page from:	or possibly from your local J: drive (Java virtual drive/Mindprod website mirror)
	http://mindprod.com/jgloss/rpm.html	J:\mindprod\jgloss\rpm.html