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RPM maintains a database of installed software. This information is very useful to system administrators. In Lab 3, you queried that database using RPM with the -q argument. When you query the RPM database, you can separately specify:
:* Which packages you want to do an <u>operational task</u> (like installing or removing a package), using a '''select-option'''
:* What <u>information</u> you want about those packages, using a '''query-option'''
'''Perform the following steps:'''
== Investigation 2: How do you install and remove software with RPM? ==
# Change Use the graphical file manager (Nautilus) to change to the directory on your Installation DVD containing . Go to the sub-directory called '''Packages''' and then go to the sub-directory '''l''' (for files beginning with the letter l like the '''lynx''' package). You should see a filecalled: <code>lynx-2.8.7-8.fc17.x86_64.rpm</code>
# Execute this command: <code>rpm -i lynx-2.8.7-8.fc17.x86_64.rpm</code>
# Issue an RPM query to check that lynx is installed.