Dan Barnes said:
> How can I determine if a rpm file should be
> added to the system with an INSTALL (-ivh), UPDATE (-Uvh) or a FRESHEN
> (-Fvh)?
>
>
> Is there a document somewhere that tells
> how to make this determination? I have been searching the Red Hat web
> site, but, no luck so far.
The RPM man page does a good job of explaining the difference:
INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm install command is
rpm {-i|--install} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
This installs a new package.
The general form of an rpm upgrade command is
rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to a
newer version. This is the same as install, except all other
version(s) of the package are removed after the new package is
installed.
rpm {-F|--freshen} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
This will upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version
currently exists.
--
William Hooper
