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Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Monday, June 27, 2005 3:04:15 pm | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
Older page: | version 12 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:03:04 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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;; %%% __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.
-;;: 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'').
+;;: 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 and [Yum] (recommended for FedoraCore)
that wrap [RPM] to solve what has become known as ''[RPM] Hell'' (or ''dependency hell'').
;;: See [RPMFind | http://www.rpmfind.net/] and FreshRpms for source or binary [RPM]s for many distros. The latter also has [APM] repositories.