Hi, I'm new to Linux and currently using rpm with FC1. My questions are about using both yum and rpm for package management on a single system:
1. If I use yum to install package X, will rpm recognize package X is now installed?
Yes.
2. Will rpm be able to update package X that was installed by yum?
Yes.
3. Is it bad practice to mix yum and rpm for package management on my system? In other words, if I begin using yum, does that mean I should stop using rpm?
Nope. yum is effectively a 'friendly wrapper' around rpm (that does handy things like check various repositories and auto-calculate dependencies), but when it installs, updates, or removes packages it actually uses rpm to do it. They are completely safe to use interchangeably.
