The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying and updating computer software. The Intel® Quick Start Kit for Linux* drivers are packaged in RPM format for ease of installation. The following topics describe how to use the RPM Package Manager:
NOTE: You must have root-level access to install a device driver using the RPM package.
The device driver RPM contains a pre-compiled binary driver, as well as supported documentation such as a driver man page. The driver contained in the RPM is pre-compiled against a specific Linux OS distribution, so it is important to make sure you're using the correct RPM package on the correct Linux OS distribution. The name of the RPM package encodes the target Linux OS distribution as shown below:
For more information on the RPM Package Manager see http://www.rpm.org/.