Linux RPM??
Monday, June 1st, 2009 at
14:10
what is the difference between Linux RPM self-extracting file, and Linux self-extracting file.
i was downloading JDK for Linux and they let me choose between those two, pleaase help.
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As mentioned before, RPM is a package management system. The basic format for programs in Linux is a tar or tar-gzip, with the extensions *.tar and *.tgz. You want the package (*.rpm or *.tgz) which matches the package mgmt system your linux distribution uses. Typically you can find it right away in the distribution homepage, or someone knows offhand, or you can find it easily at the command line. Tip: the package management system will have a different name, and then tell you the kind of packages it uses, for instance SuSE uses YUM to handle rpm's, Ubuntu uses APT to handle deb's, etc.
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DISTRIBUTION = file format
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Ubuntu, Debian = deb
Fedora, Redhat, CentOS, SuSE, Mandriva = rpm
SLackware = tgz
If you post the name of your linux distro we can probably tell you which package mgmt system you use and which packages to download.
RPM is a package management system. Basically it's an automatic installer that keeps track of installations making uninstallation easier, similar to Windows Add/Remove Programs.
See here for advantages/disadvantages and more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager