Linux Myth: Installing RPM Updates is a Pain
Once again we are back to pop the balloon of another Linux myth. This one is that Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is not good to use.
My SOHO business uses Mandriva Linux 2008.1. Mandriva is a RPM based distribution. This means the software installation and removal is handled by various RPM tools. Mandriva has created excellent package repositories and front-end tools to handle RPM package installation and removal. These tools are the ‘urpm*’ tools run from a command line interface (CLI) and ‘rpmdrake’ run from a graphical user interface (GUI). In the Mandriva menus ‘rpmdrake’ is called “Install & Remove Software”. That should be user-friendly enough for any honest critic.
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