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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:03:04 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:49:01 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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-Originally an
[Acronym] for RedHat [Package] Manager, it is now a RecursiveAcronym for [RPM] [Package] Manager (you get that
with geeks).
+An
[Acronym] with several meanings:
-It is a
[Package] format invented by RedHat, and also used by SuSe,
[Mandrake
], Connectiva, etc
.
+;; %%% __R__evolutions __P__er __M__inute : The standard measure for the speed of spinning mechanical parts, such as the the media in [HardDisk]s.
+;; %%% [RPM]
[Package] __M__anager : Initially __R__edHat
[Package
] __M__anager
, later changed to a RecursiveAcronym
.
-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
.
+;;: A [Package] format invented by RedHat but
also used by [Suse], [Mandrake], Connectiva, etc. Also
the name of the PackageManagementTool written by RedHat to use this format. There are now [frontends | PackageManagementTool] like AptForRpm
that wrap [RPM] to solve what has become known as ''[RPM] Hell'' (or ''dependency hell'').
-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
.
+;;: See
[RPMFind | http://www.rpmfind.net/] and FreshRpms for source or binary
[RPM
]s
for many distros. The latter also has
[APM
] repositories
.
