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RPM
RPM is the preferred package management tool for Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Gentoo
# rpm -U sendmail-8.3.0.rpm : install/upgrade
# rpm -q sendmail : query installed package
# rpm -e sendmail-8.3.0 : erase installed package
# rpm -qa : show all installed packages
Combine with grep to search for a pattern, e.g.
# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
Add the flags v,h for more verbose output
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