kaab kaoutar wrote:
> Hi!
> what does RPM stands for ?
RedHat Package Manager
> what's the difference between RPM and binary ?
The difference is that a binary file is just a program while an RPM-package
may
contain a number of files, plus the fact that the RPM packages also contain
information about which resources the package depends of. That is, which
resources must already be present in order to ensure a correct behaviour.
There is an alternative, the deb packages, which is the debian equivalent to
RPM (but they are not interchangeable, thus you support RPM or debian
packages, NOT both at the same time).
There is also a utility 'alien' that allows conversion between debian, RPM
and tar packages.
Essentially RPM and debian may be seen as tar packages with extra information
on dependencies.
/Serafim
