July 2005
Beginner
720 pages
18h 15m
English
Content preview from SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat® Fedora™ 4 Linux® All in One
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Workshop
The Workshop is designed to help you anticipate possible questions, review what you've learned, and begin learning how to put your knowledge into practice.
Quiz
| 1: | How do you install an RPM software package using desktop tools? |
| 2: | How do you install an RPM software package at the command line? |
| 3: | Why create an application launcher? |
Answers
| A1: | Use the file manager to browse to the directory containing the RPM file; then double-click the file's icon. |
| A2: | rpm -i mypackage.rpm |
| A3: | You create an application launcher so that you don't have to start a terminal and type a command each time you want to launch an application. |
Activities
Start the Package Management tool and browse the available software package groups and software packages. If you see ...