Guru Of Geeks

Install an RPM Package    RPM packages have file naming conventions like package-5.1-7.i868.rpm, which include the package name (package), version (2.0), release (4), and architecture (i386). Also notice that RPM understands FTP and HTTP protocols for installing and querying remote RPM files. rpm -ivh package-5.1-7.i868.rpm rpm -i ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/RPMS/package-1.0-1.i386.rpm rpm -i http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/dist/files/kernel-2.4.20-18.10.1.i686.rpm

tar.gz also known as tarball, an archive format for electronic data and software. Most Linux tarball contains a source code for software. If you are new to Linux I recommend using apt-get, rpm and yum command to install all binary packages. Tarballs are a group of files in one file. Tarball files have the extension .tar.gz, .tgz or .tar.bz2. Most open source software use tarballs to distribute programs/source codes.