RPM (Redhat Package Manager) is the most popular package utility and is used mostly on RHEL, Centos and Fedora. RPM helps user/admins to build, install, query, verify, update, and remove/erase individual software packages. More information can found rpm.org and techmint.com Install Package rpm -ivh [__rpmfile__] rpm -ivh vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6.i686.rpm rpm -ivh --test vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6.i686.rpm Upgrade Package rpm -Uvh [__rpmfile__] rpm -Uvh vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6.i686.rpm rpm -Uvh --test vim-common-7.4.629-5.el6.i686.rpm Erase/Uninstall Package rpm -ev [__package_name__] rpm -ev vim-common Erase/Uninstall an installed package without checking for dependencies rpm -ev --nodeps [__package_name__] rpm -ev --nodeps vim-common List all installed packages rpm -qa rpm -qa | grep vim Information along with package version and short description rpm -qi [__package_name__] rpm -qi vim-common Find out what package a file belong...