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Managing Packages with RPM

The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) was the main mechanism for installing and interacting with packages on Red Hat-based hosts prior to the adoption of more robust tools like YUM and DNF. Although YUM and DNF provide more functionality, they still use the RPM utility to manage packages on the backend. In this hands-on lab, you will be tasked with using RPM to install, upgrade, and remove packages on a Linux host. *This lab is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

15m

Published

Jun 14, 2022

Challenge

Remove RPM Packages
- Remove the nmap and telnet packages.
- Remove the mysql package and all of its dependencies. This includes the following packages: mysql, mariadb-connector-c-config, and mysql-common.
Challenge

Install and Upgrade RPM Packages
- Install the following RPM packages: htop-3.2.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm and mtr-0.92-3.el8.x86_64.rpm.
- Upgrade the wget package from version 1.19.5 release 7 (wget-1.19.5-7.el8) to version 1.19.5 release 10 (wget-1.19.5-10.el8).
- Install the nginx package and all its dependencies. The RPM files are located in /home/cloud_user/nginx. This should be done using a wildcard.

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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