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You're installing software on Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, openSUSE, or another Red Hat-based Linux distribution. The package format is .rpm — Red Hat Package Manager, one of the two major Linux packaging systems (the other being .deb for Debian-based distributions).
An RPM file contains compiled software, metadata (dependencies, version, description, changelogs), and installation scripts. The rpm command handles individual package installation, while dnf (Fedora) and yum (older RHEL/CentOS) manage dependencies — automatically downloading and installing required packages. RPM supports digital signatures for verifying package authenticity, and repositories sign their packages so the package manager can verify integrity before installation.
Install with `sudo dnf install package.rpm` (Fedora/RHEL 8+) or `sudo yum install package.rpm` (older RHEL/CentOS). Both resolve dependencies automatically. For inspecting contents without installing: `rpm -qlp package.rpm` lists files, `rpm -qip package.rpm` shows metadata. As with .deb, only install RPM packages from trusted repositories.