{"id":13928,"date":"2025-03-13T05:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T05:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:02:08","slug":"how-to-install-an-rpm-file-on-linux-os-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-install-an-rpm-file-on-linux-os-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install an RPM File on Linux OS Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains how to install an RPM file on Linux OS Distribution. RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is a package management system used in RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux. If you have an .rpm package, you can install it using RPM, YUM, or DNF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Linux OS that supports RPM (RHEL-based distributions)<\/li>\n<li>Root or sudo privileges<\/li>\n<li>An .rpm package to install<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Install RPM File Using RPM Command<br \/>\n<\/strong>You can install an RPM package manually with the rpm command.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install an RPM package:\n<pre>sudo rpm -ivh package-name.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>-i \u2192 Install<br \/>\n-v \u2192 Verbose output<br \/>\n-h \u2192 Shows progress with hash marks<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade an existing RPM package:\n<pre>sudo rpm -Uvh package-name.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>-U \u2192 Upgrade (installs if not present)<\/li>\n<li>Remove an RPM package:\n<pre>sudo rpm -e package-name<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check if a package is installed:\n<pre>rpm -q package-name<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>List all installed RPM packages:\n<pre>rpm -qa<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Install RPM File Using YUM (For Dependency Resolution)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If your system uses YUM (CentOS\/RHEL 7 and earlier), use this command:\n<pre>sudo yum install package-name.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>This method automatically resolves dependencies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Install RPM File Using DNF (For Modern Systems)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>For CentOS 8, RHEL 8+, Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux, use DNF:\n<pre>sudo dnf install package-name.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>DNF is the preferred package manager as it handles dependencies better than YUM.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 4: Convert DEB Packages to RPM (If Needed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-install-deb-files-in-ubuntu-using-four-methods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.deb package<\/a> (used in Debian\/Ubuntu) but need an RPM, you can use alien to convert it:\n<pre>sudo apt install alien -y\u00a0 # Install Alien on Debian\/Ubuntu\r\nsudo alien --to-rpm package-name.deb\u00a0 # Convert DEB to RPM<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hope you liked our article. 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