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Network Operating Systems-I Manmohan Sharma, Lovely Professional University

notes unit 7: installing software

contents
Objectives
Introduction
7.1 RPM Meaning

7.2 Adding and Removing Packages
7.3 Querying RPM Package
7.3.1 GnoRPM
7.3.2 Compiling Software
7.3.3 Looking for Documentation

7.4 Configuring the Package
7.4.1 Compiling your Package
7.4.2 Installing the Package
7.5 Summary

7.6 Keywords
7.7 Self Assessment
7.8 Review Questions
7.9 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

l z Understand RPM meaning
l z Discuss RPM management tool
l z Know adding and removing packages

l z Discuss querying RPM packages
introduction

Several package managers are available for Linux to track and manipulate the applications
installed on the system. The most widely used of these Linux package managers is the RPM
Package Manager (formerly the Red Hat Package Manager), or RPM for short.
Although RPM was initially developed for Red Hat Linux, a combination of technical features
and good timing has resulted in RPM’s becoming the de facto standard for packaging software
on most Linux distributions. The fact that Red Hat released the source code to the RPM software
under an open-source license also helped its adoption.

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