RPM Package Manager

software package management system
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RPM Package Manager

Summary

RPM Package Manager is a system-level package manager[1]. It draws 1,869 Wikipedia views per month (system_level_package_manager category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • RPM Package Manager is the creator of Marc Ewing[3].
  • RPM Package Manager is the creator of Erik W. Troan[4].
  • RPM Package Manager is the creator of Red Hat[5].
  • RPM Package Manager's instance of is recorded as system-level package manager[6].
  • RPM Package Manager's instance of is recorded as free software[7].
  • RPM Package Manager's instance of is recorded as package manager[8].
  • RPM Package Manager's developer is recorded as Panu Matilainen[9].
  • RPM Package Manager's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[10].
  • RPM Package Manager's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[11].
  • RPM Package Manager's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[12].
  • RPM Package Manager's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[13].
  • RPM Package Manager's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[14].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.12.0.1[15].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.0 alpha[16].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.0-rc1[17].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.12.0.2[18].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.0[19].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.0.1[20].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14.0[21].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.0.2[22].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14.1[23].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.13.1[24].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14.2-rc1[25].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14.2-rc2[26].
  • RPM Package Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 4.14.2[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Marc Ewing[3], an engineer[28], b. 1969[29], of United States[30]; Erik W. Troan[4], an engineer[31], of United States[32], specialised in software development[33]; and Red Hat[5], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 1993[36], headquartered in Raleigh[37].

Publication

RPM Package Manager was published on 1997[38].

Why It Matters

RPM Package Manager draws 1,869 Wikipedia views per month (system_level_package_manager category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . rpm5.org. rpm5.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . rpm5.org. rpm5.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ftp.rpm.org. ftp.rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . rpm.org. Retrieved . rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . rpm.org. Retrieved . rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . rpm.org. Retrieved . rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . rpm.org. Retrieved . rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . rpm.org. rpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . rpm5.org. rpm5.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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