To RPM einai einai akrwnumio toy Red Hat Package Manager. Parolo poy periexei to Red Hat sto onoma toy, h pro8esh einai na apotelesei ena anoikto susthma paketarismatos, dia8esimo pros xrhsh apo ka8enan. Epitrepei stoys xrhstes na pairnoyn ton phgaio kwdika enos neoy logismikou kai na ton paketaroyn se phgaia kai ektelesimh morfh, wste na mporoun na egka8istantai kai na parakoloy8ountai eukola ta ektelesima paketa, kai o phgaios kwdikas na mporei na xtizetai me aplo tropo.
Diathrei epishs mia bash dedomenwn olwn twn paketwn kai twn arxeiwn toys, poy mporei na xrhsimopoih8ei gia thn epalh8eysh ths uparjhs kai akeraiothtas twn paketwn ka8ws kai gia thn apanthsh se erwthseis sxetika me arxeia h paketa.
H etaireia Red Hat Software en8arrunei alloys promh8eytes dianomwn na dia8esoyn xrono sto na katanohsoyn to RPM kai na to xrhsimopoihsoyn gia tis dikes toys dianomes. To RPM einai polu eyelikto kai euxrhsto, parolo poy parexei thn bash gia ena polu eyru susthma. Einai epishs teleiws anoikto kai plhrws dia8esimo, kai 8a ektimousame opoiesdhpote anafores sfalmatwn kai dior8wseis. Ekxwreitai h adeia dwrean xrhshs kai dianomhs toy RPM katw apo toys oroys ths GPL.
Mia plhresterh tekmhriwsh gia to RPM einai dia8esimh sto biblio toy Ed Bailey, Maximum RPM. To biblio einai dia8esimo gia na to katebasete h na to agorasete sth dieu8ynsh www.redhat.com.