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→Part 1: Obtaining Package Management / Package Information
#Issue the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">su </span></code></b> Issue the '''pwd''' and '''whoami''' commands to confirm your directory pathname. When finished logout of this account.
#Issue the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">su - </span></code></b> Issue the '''pwd''' and '''whoami''' commands to confirm your directory pathname. What do you notice are the main differences between using '''su''' versus using '''su -''' ?
# An installation log file called <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">/var/log/anaconda/anaconda.packaging.log</span></code></b> has been created to record the installation of your c7host machine. This file is an ASCII file which can be viewed with the <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">more</span></code></b> command.
# You can make use of this file to determine how many packages have been installed: complete the following command to count the number of packages that are labelled "Installing" in the installation log file:
:: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">grep -i installing packaging /var/log/anaconda/anaconda.packaging.log | wc -l'''</span></code></b>
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<li value="8">Issue that command displayed above. Does it work? If not, what account do you think you should be in? When you get the command working record this important information regarding commands and the admin account in your lab logbook.</li>
<li value="13">Using what you learned in steps 3, 4, and 7, get a count of the total number of files installed by all of the software packages on your system.</li><li>How can you explain why this number is a lot larger than the total number of packages installed? Record your answer in your lab logbook.
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==Part2: Obtaining System Information==
