Which Linux Distributions Use Rpm?
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Which Linux uses rpm?

Although it was created for use in Red Hat Linux, RPM is now used in many Linux distributions such as Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, OpenMandriva and Oracle Linux. It has also been ported to some other operating systems, such as Novell NetWare (as of version 6.5 SP3), IBM’s AIX (as of version 4), IBM i, and ArcaOS.

Is Ubuntu DEB or RPM?

. rpm files are RPM packages, which refer to the package type used by Red Hat and Red Hat-derived distros (e.g. Fedora, RHEL, CentOS). . deb files are DEB packages, which are the package type used by Debian and Debian-derivatives (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu).

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