[PLUG] What Does "Install" Really Mean

[Jeb Bushell <jebbushell@yahoo.com>]

I am trying to use RPM to "install" the contents of a .rpm file on Redhat 9.  I understand the ins
and outs of Windows installation fairly well but I have no idea how it works on Linux and I have
been unable to Google up a satisfactory explanation. 

If anyone could direct me to a high-level overview of software installation on Linux I'd be most
grateful. I need to know, for example, where dlls are kept and how the OS references them.

Also, having installed a package somewhere (I think I know where) I get the following from RPM:  

rpm -e <pkg>
error: package <pkg> is not installed

rpm -ivh <pkg>
Preparing ############################# [100%]
Package <pkg> is already installed

rpm -q <pkg>
package is not installed

Can anyone shed some light, please?

TIA

Jeb














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