Removing RPM Packages

Question

Hello experts and thank you for taking your time to answer the question:

Can I remove the .rpm files after having installed the program?

EXAMPLE:

I have installed the rar.rpm file and now I have the rar.rpm in a directory where I downloaded the file and want to know if I could remove that file without disrupting the rar program's function in centos.

Regards Sam

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

Though you may want to keep it in case you need to install it again.

Also, in general, you shouldn't be (and shouldn't need to) use randomly downloaded .rpm files.

You should usually be using yum or similar tool to install a package from the configured repositories on the system.