how to install .rpm and .tar.gz
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1. Install a package


   a) install .rpm
 
   rpm –ivh packagename


   a*) upgrade a .rpm package 

   rpm –Uvh packagename 

   

   b) install .tar.gz

   tar –xvzf Apackage.tar.gz
  
   cd Apackage

   ./configure

   make
   make install




3. check wether the rpm was actually installed and where


rpm -qa <rpm name> 

or:

rpm -qa | grep <partialName>   (if u don't know the exact rpm name)