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An [Acronym] with several meanings:

__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], [Mandriva] and others. 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.

Last edited on Thursday, September 8, 2005 5:32:32 am by AristotlePagaltzis

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