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This section contains information on other ways to use gnorpm. This includes some information on command line arguments, drag and drop and integration with the GNOME Midnight Commander.
Gnome-RPM offers a number of command line options similar to those of the rpm command, except that they present a graphical interface or feedback. Here is a list of the supported command line arguments:
Show a query window for the given installed packages.
Show a query window for the given package files.
Install the given packages.
Upgrade the given packages.
Verify the given packages.
Check the signatures on the given packages.
Gnome-RPM supports drag and drop of packages and directories from the file manager to the main window, and to the install window. When you drag files to the main window, a new install dialog is opened and the dragged files are added to the list. When files are dragged to an install window, they are added to the list. The files are also automatically selected.
When directories are dragged to Gnome-RPM, all the packages in that directory are added. The packages in the directory are not automatically selected though.
This gives a quick and easy way to check through a directory of packages, and choose which ones to install.
When Gnome-RPM is installed, it adds a number of items to the context menus of RPM packages in the file manager. It gives the operations you would expect for non-installed packages -- install, upgrade, query and check signature. From the query window, it is also possible to perform install, upgrade and check signature operations.