[CentOS] Installing php-mcrypt

On 03/27/11 9:17 PM, Todd Cary wrote:
> I remember using rpm to do many of the same things as rpm.  What
> factors should one consider in deciding whether to use rpm or yum?


rpm installs .rpm files.  yum finds rpm files on configured 
repositories, downloads them, checks their dependencies, and asks if its 
OK to get those too, then runs rpm to install all the packages.