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An RPM primer

The basic RPM commands are:

• to install (update) an RPM

$ rpm -Uvh 

• to check if an RPM is installed

$ rpm -q 

• to get information on an RPM package from its file

$ rpm -qpi 

• to get information on an RPM package that has been installed

$ rpm -qi 

• to get a list of files in an RPM package

$ rpm -qlp 

• to get a list of dependencies of an RPM package

$ rpm -qp --requires 

• to get a list of packages that depend on this rpm package

$ rpm -q --whatrequires 

This should be enough to get you going.