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= Software Package Management =
== Investigation 64: 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, you queried that database using RPM with the -q argument. When you query the RPM database, you can separately specify:
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'''Answer the Investigation 6 4 observations / table contents in your lab log book.'''
== Investigation 75: How do you install and remove software with RPM? ==
# Change to the directory on your Installation DVD containing the file: <code>lynx-2.8.7-2.fc16.x86_64.rpm</code>
# Issue this command: <code>rpm -i BackupPC-3.1.0-16.fc16.noarch.rpm</code> and note the result
'''Answer the Investigation 7 5 observations / questions in your lab log book.'''
== Investigation 86: How do you install and remove software with ''yum''? ==
{{Admon/note|Internet Connection|In order for yum to work you require a connection to the Internet. Establish this connection by using the browser to log into SeneNET}}
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'''Answer the Investigation 8 6 observations / questions in your lab log book.'''
'''Arrange evidence for each of these items on your screen, then ask your instructor to review them and sign off on the lab's completion:'''
# Larger <code>/home</code> on '''fedora2''' and '''fedora3'''.
# Unnecessary/unused packages have been deleted (list at least 4, and show that they are no longer installed).
# How do you create a LV?
# How do you delete an LV?
# How would you increase the size of the root filesystem by 50 MB?
