Package Management on RHEL4 and RHEL5

Here is the difference of the package management commands on between RHEL4 and RHEL5. Of course, you can use the rpm command for both versions, but the frond-end tool for the package management is different. It is good to know the difference.

• Add or Remove package (GUI)

- RHEL5
# pirut

- RHEL4
# system-config-packages

• Update package (GUI)

- RHEL5
# pup

- RHEL4
# up2date

• Add, Remove or Update package (CLI)

- RHEL5
# yum

- RHEL4
# up2date-nox