What is the difference between .rpm and .wim?
- Extension
- .rpm
- .wim
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- Red Hat
- Microsoft
- 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.
- It is a file-based disk image format created by Microsoft for its latest Windows OS releases, Windows Server 2008 and the Windows Vista. Windows Imaging Format (wim), is used for the standard installation method of the OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-redhat-package-manager
- application/x-ms-wim
- Wikipedia
- .rpm on Wikipedia
- .wim on Wikipedia