From: Randall Parker 

I tried just trying to run rpm with a .rpm file argument figuring it would
know what to do. Nope. It showed me a HUGE number of options. Any idea
which one to use?

[root{at}localhost download]# rpm opera-9.10-20061214.6-shared-qt.i386-en.rpm
RPM version 4.4.2
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 - Red Hat, Inc. This program may be freely
redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

Usage: rpm [-aKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdils] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKi] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv?] [-a|--all]
[-f|--file] [-g|--group]
         [-p|--package] [-W|--ftswalk] [--pkgid] [--hdrid] [--fileid]
         [--specfile] [--triggeredby] [--whatrequires] [--whatprovides]
         [--nomanifest] [-c|--configfiles] [-d|--docfiles] [--dump]
[-l|--list]
         [--queryformat=QUERYFORMAT] [-s|--state] [--nomd5] [--nofiles]
         [--nodeps] [--noscript] [--comfollow] [--logical] [--nochdir]
         [--nostat] [--physical] [--seedot] [--xdev] [--whiteout]
         [--addsign] [-K|--checksig] [--delsign] [--import] [--resign]
         [--nodigest] [--nosignature] [--initdb] [--rebuilddb] [--aid]
         [--allfiles] [--allmatches] [--badreloc] [-e|--erase +]
         [--excludedocs] [--excludepath=] [--fileconflicts] [--force]
         [-F|--freshen +] [-h|--hash] [--ignorearch]
[--ignoreos]
         [--ignoresize] [-i|--install] [--justdb] [--nodeps] [--nomd5]
         [--nocontexts] [--noorder] [--nosuggest] [--noscripts]
         [--notriggers] [--oldpackage] [--percent] [--prefix=]
         [--relocate==] [--repackage] [--replacefiles]
         [--replacepkgs] [--test] [-U|--upgrade +]
         [-D|--define 'MACRO EXPR'] [-E|--eval 'EXPR'] [--macros=]
         [--nodigest] [--nosignature] [--rcfile=] [-r|--root ROOT]
         [--querytags] [--showrc] [--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [--version]
         [-?|--help] [--usage] [--scripts] [--setperms] [--setugids]
         [--conflicts] [--obsoletes] [--provides] [--requires] [--info]
         [--changelog] [--xml] [--triggers] [--last] [--filesbypkg]
         [--fileclass] [--filecolor] [--filecontext] [--fscontext]
         [--recontext] [--fileprovide] [--filerequire] [--redhatprovides]
         [--redhatrequires] [--buildpolicy=] [--with=]
         [--without=]
[root{at}localhost download]#

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