The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation media, which contain many installable RPMs. The initial RPM repositories provided with the YUM package manager. The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) provides high-quality add-on packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Double-click the package. A package management window will appear with instructions to guide you through the process. Open a terminal window, and type rpm -i package_location_and_name (without the spaces in and )

-h (or –hash) Print hash marks ("#") during install –test Perform installation tests only –percent Print percentages during install –excludedocs Do not install documentation –includedocs Install documentation –replacepkgs Replace a package with a new copy of itself –replacefiles Replace files owned by another package –force Ignore package and file conflicts –noscripts Do not execute pre- and post-install scripts –prefix Relocate package to if possible –ignorearch Do not verify package architecture –ignoreos Do not verify package operating system –nodeps Do not check dependencies –ftpproxy Use as the FTP proxy –ftpport Use as the FTP port

-v Display additional information -vv Display debugging information –root Set alternate root to –rcfile Set alternate rpmrc file to –dbpath Use to find the RPM database