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Operating System Tools

Notes You can start Gnome-RPM from either an Xterm window or from the GNOME desktop Panel
(Main Menu Button => System => GnoRPM).
To start Gnome-RPM from an Xterm window, at the shell prompt, simply type
gnorpm &
That will bring up the main Gnome-RPM window.
If you would like to install, upgrade or uninstall packages, you must be in root. The easiest
way to do this is to type su to become root, and then type the root password at a shell prompt.
However, it isn’t necessary to be root in order to query and verify packages.

There are several parts to the Gnome-RPM interface.
z z Package Panel – On the left; allows you to browse and select packages on your system.
z z Display window – To the right of the package panel; shows you contents from folders in
the panel.

z z Toolbar – Above the display and panel; a graphical display of package tools.
z z Menu – Above the toolbar; contains text-based commands, as well as help info, preferences
and other settings.

z z Status bar – Beneath the panel and display windows; shows the total number of selected
packages.

Figure 4.2: Gnorpm

4.3.5 Compiling Software

In Windows, installing software is a matter of clicks. In Linux, Depending on the distribution you
have, software can be downloaded in the form of either RPM or Deb packages. Again, you can

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