What is the difference between .rpm and .tar.bz?
- Extension
- .rpm
- .tar.bz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Red Hat
- bzip2
- Description
- The RPM file format, associated with the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), is a package management system primarily used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its derivatives like Fedora and CentOS. An RPM file is essentially a container for software or data that allows for easy installation, upgrading, and removal of software on a Linux system. It encapsulates compiled software, metadata about the package such as its version, architecture, and dependencies, and configuration files necessary for the software to run correctly.
- This is a compressed archive in the TAR container with the help of the BZIP tool. It was created for use in Unix systems. The TAR container combines several files into one archive that’s placed in a TBZ compressed file. They’re used as installation packets in the installers of some operating systems.
- MIME Type
- application/x-redhat-package-manager
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
- Wikipedia
- .rpm on Wikipedia
- .tar.bz on Wikipedia