What is the difference between .rpm and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .rpm
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Red Hat
- Tukaani
- 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.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-redhat-package-manager
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .rpm on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia