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Installing an RPM Package

In this hands-on lab, we will install an RPM package on a CentOS 7 system. On RPM-based Linux distributions, we can install RPM packages using the `rpm` command. This gives us the hands on experience of installing and removing RPM packages directly, without the use of a more comprehensive package manager like yum.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Jun 21, 2019

Challenge

Install the `htop` RPM Package
1. The htop RPM package is located in the cloud_user home directory. In order to install the package, we need to elevate our permissions using sudo. If you don't see the rpm file, wait a minute and re-run the ls command.
2. Run the following command to elevate permissions and install the RPM package:
```
sudo rpm -i htop-2.2.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
```
Challenge

Run the `htop` Application
1. Now that htop is installed, we can run it with the htop command.
```
htop
```
  This utility shows us system load and running processes.
2. We can exit the application by pressing the Q key.
Challenge

Remove the `htop` Package
1. Use RPM to remove the htop package.
```
sudo rpm -e htop
```
2. Try re-running the htop command to verify it is uninstalled.
```
htop
```

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A Cloud Guru

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