Linux - RPM

if rpm is not installed in your machine, follow below step

sudo apt-get install rpm

RPM is one of the tool for linux package installation. Below are some useful commands

1. Install to default folder

rpm -i packagename.rpm

2. Install with Relocation

rpm -i --prefix=/ur/path packagename.rpm

3. Check whether a rpm package can be relocated

rpm -qpi packagename.rpm | grep Relocations

4. Check for installed package in machine

rpm -qa | grep packagename

5. Uninstall a package

rpm -e packagename

6. Upgrade a package

rpm -U packagename.rpm