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| Newer page: | version 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:49:01 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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-[Acronym] for Redhat Packet
Manager
+Originally an
[Acronym] for RedHat [Package] Manager, it is now a RecursiveAcronym for [RPM] [Package]
Manager (you get that with geeks).
-The Packet Management System used
by RedHat, SUSE
, Mandrake
+It is a [Package] format invented
by RedHat, and also used by SuSe
, [
Mandrake], Connectiva, etc.
+
+It is also the name of the PackageManagementTool written by RedHat to use this format. There are now [frontends|PackageManagementTool] that wrap [RPM] to solve what has become known as ''[RPM] Hell'' (or ''dependency hell''). See AptForRpm and FreshRpms.
+
+if you need source or binary [RPM]s for a wide range of distros, check out [RPMFind|http://www.rpmfind.net/].
+
+but remember, it can be a BadIdea to force it unless you know what you're doing ;)
+
+----
+Also the [Acronym] for __R__evolutions __P__er __M__inute, the standard measure of how fast the media spins in [HardDisk]s.
