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== Investigation 1: How do you query the RPM database? ==
RPM maintains a database of installed software. This information is very useful to system administrators. In Lab 3, the previous lab 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 Do an <u>operational task</u> on one or more packages (like installing or removing a package), using a '''select-option'''
:* What <u>information</u> you want about those packages, using a '''query-option'''