Overview
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Discover how to manage the thousands of installable pieces of software that come with CentOS Linux. Learn about software package choices and managing packages with RPM and Yum.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Linux software installation types
- Download packages and install
- Install from a software repository
- Install from source code
- Debian software package format
- Red Hat software package format
- Why multiple package formats?
- Linux package management systems
- RPM overview
- Query installed packages with RPM
- RPM query formatting
- Install/remove packages
- Upgrade packages
- Reinstall packages
- Verify package attributes
- Validate package integrity
- Troubleshoot RPM
- Yum overview
- Select package names
- Get info on packages
- Get info on groups
- Search for packages
- Install/remove packages
- Install/remove package groups
- Manage OS updates
- Use graphical package tools
- Configure Yum clients
- Manage repositories
- Troubleshoot Yum
- Next steps
