On 13 February 2010 10:35, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: >> Thank Robert and Ron, Could you list an example where I need to use >> rpm command alone? I used rpm to install stand alone package if that >> is the case. > > If you need information on a specific package then you'll likely need > to use rpm directly. For the most part, anytime I need to install a > package I use yum. This includes installing a standalone package. I > use rpm mainly during troubleshooting. For example, to list package > contents, scripts, or extract portions of a package. Thank Kwan, I get a much better feel of when to use rpm/yum now.