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slackrpm 
http://www.slackfiles.net/documentation/en/articles/pkgtools.html
http://proyectos.glo.org.mx/checkinstall	convert source .tar.gz files to a Slackware, Debian, or RPM 
www.swaret.org/ 
http://www.slackware.com/config/packages.php
#	( /var/adm/packages )
#	installpkg
#	removepkg
#	upgradepkg
#	makepkg
#	explodepkg
#	rpm2targz
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http://www.rpm.org/
rpm2tgz		.tgz
rpm2targz	.tar.gz
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http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/
alien
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# http://endor.clublinux.org/RHCE-10.html
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rpm -ivh groff-1.17.1-3.i386.rpm    # Install groff from local file sytsem
rpm -Uvh groff-1.17.2-3.i386.rpm    # Upgrade groff from local file system
rpm -e groff                        # Remove groff

# Install groff from anonymous ftp server
rpm -ivh ftp://somehost.com/rpms/groff-1.17.1-3.i386.rpm

# Install groff from non-anonymous ftp server
rpm -ivh ftp://<user>:<password>@somehost.com/rpms/groff-1.17.1-3.i386.rpm
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# Lists of packages installed
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rpm -qa		- list of installed packages
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rpm -q samba autofs	- versions of these
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rpm -Va		- Verifying all install packages, permission checks
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# which package it belongs in 
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rpm -qf /usr/sbin/sendmail
rpm -qc glibc-2.3.2-120
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rpm -ql		- list of files in package
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rpm -qpl	- list of files
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rpm -ivh xxx	- installing
rpm -ivvh xxx	- detail updates
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rpm -e xxx	- uninstall
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rpm -Uih xxx	- Upgrading
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rpm -Fvh xxx
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rpm -qails --dump --root /	> /tmp/Lists_rpm_installed.txt
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rpm -q --requires gcc 
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# Check the sig of the rpm package
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rpm --checksig package.rpm
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rpm --initdb	followed by rebuilddb
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# Rebuild the rpm db
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rpm --rebuilddb
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# http://www.introcomp.co.uk/linux/rpm_rebuild.html
#	mv /var/lib/rpm /var/lib/OLDrpm 
#	rpm --nodeps --force --justdb -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/*
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#	Next run the following script to work out what is actually
#	installed and remove bogus entries from the database
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rpm -V util-linux net-tools procps fileutils
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rpm -V --verify tripwire
	SM5...GT c /etc/tw.config

rpm -V --verify sendmail 
	S.5....T c /etc/aliases
	S.5....T c /etc/sendmail.cf
	S.5....T c /etc/sendmail.cw
	SM5....T   /usr/man/man5/aliases.5
	.M....GT   /usr/sbin/sendmail
	missing    /var/log/sendmail.st
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[root@redhat /root]# rpm -V /mnt/cdrom/i386/xtraceroute-0.8.13-1.i386.rpm
	package /mnt/cdrom/i386/xtraceroute-0.8.13-1.i386.rpm is not installed
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[root@redhat /root]# rpm -ih --percent --test /mnt/cdrom/i386/MPEG-1.2.2-2.i386.rpm       
	error: package MPEG-1.2.2-2 is already installed
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# Upgrading stuff
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for i in `rpm -qa`
do
  rpmfind --newer $i [ options]
done
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# Live Upgrades
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# The partitions that you are installing to are mounted
# under /mnt/sysimage.  Anaconda just uses:
#	'rpm --root /mnt/sysimage' when it processes the rpms. 
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