rpm -ihv name.rpm Install the rpm package called name
rpm -Uhv name.rpm Upgrade the rpm package called
name
rpm -e package Delete the rpm package called
package
rpm -l package List the files in the package called
package
rpm -ql package List the files and state the installed
version of the package called
package
rpm -i –force package Reinstall the rpm package called
name having deleted parts of it (not
deleting using rpm -e)
tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz or
tar -zxvf archive.tgz
Decompress the files contained in
the zipped and tarred archive called
archive
./configure Execute the script preparing the
installed files for compiling