–i or --install option tells the rpm command to run an installation operation, which, as you’d suspect, installs packages. The basic syntax is:
rpm –i filename.rpm
rpm –i jikes-1.16-1.i386.rpmUse Upgrade, Rather Than Install
rpm -U, not rpm -i. One of the main reasons is that rpm -i allows you to install multiple instances of the same (identical) package. This is usually not what you want.
rpm –i command works with the installation options discussed previously. The –U, -F and –i options all accept mostly the same options, except as discussed previously.