Hello Agnello.. RPM = Redhat Package Manager. Usually used by Mandrake and Redhat for software. (pre compiled source...)
you can find out more by using man rpm... also, DEB= Package Manager Used by Debian systems. .tar.gz = just plain zipped source code... A tarball is a good way of installing new software however the down side of tarballs is there is no good way of removing software. =============================================== Now.. which type of installation is better, either tar or rpm??? RPMs are generally easier to manage, and as mentioned above, they are easier to remove, and also to keep track of updates (especially if you use something like yum to update), because rpm maintains a database of what's installed. However, there are two downsides to rpms that come to mind. First, not every piece of software is in an rpm, or at least in an rpm for your distro. The other is that you are reliant on the packagers to produce updates in a timely fashion. You may, for example, want to update something like clamav as soon as it is released, rather than wait a week or two for a new package. Some rpm's also have quirks. There is, supposedly and issue of compatability between some repos, for example livna.org and the freshrpms repos are meant to have issues working together (something about renaming system files). I've also found occasionally that dependencies can be problematic for some packages. Someone else may have a good link that will give better info. This should clear the water a little bit. My final words.. If you use a rpm based distro, then use the rpm package. If you use the tarball you may have to configure it and compile it too. ================================================= Regards, Vikram Joshi. =================================================== ----- Original Message ---- From: Agnello George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:24:14 AM Subject: [linuxvadapav] query with regards to rpm packages and source packages hi i have one query , what is the difference between RPM packages and source ( .tgz) packages ... by defalt where does a the rpm packages manages install the source packages . pls let me know. Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza agnellogeorge. blogspot. com ,_.___ __._,___ <!-- #ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} #ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;} #ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;} #ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia; } #ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;} #ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;} #ygrp-vitnav{ padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;} #ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;} #ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px 0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;} #ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;} .bld{font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px 0;} #ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px solid #666; padding:5px 0; } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-vital{ background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px 8px;} #ygrp-vital #vithd{ font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;} #ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;} #ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px solid #e0ecee; } #ygrp-vital ul li .ct{ font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;} #ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-vital a { text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px 13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{ text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;} #ygrp-sponsor #nc { background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0 8px;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{ font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o {font-size:0;} .MsoNormal { margin:0 0 0 0;} #ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0 4px;} .replbq {margin:4;} --> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
