Installing Linux Packages using RPM and Yum
RPM: REDHAT PACKAGE MANAGER rpm: its a low level utility to install/manage/erase packages rpm -q: to query for a package (installed) ex: rpm -q openssh rpm -qa : to query all installed packages ex: rpm -qa rpm -qa | grep "ssh" rpm -q -i - package information ex: rpm -q -i openssh-server rpm -q -l -- lists files installed by package rpm -q -c -- lists only config files installed by package rpm -q -d -- lists only document files installed by package How to install a package: rpm -ivh vsftpd-2.2.2-11.el6.x86_64.rpm How to remove a package: rpm -e vsftpd yum - yellowdog updater modified yum need repository configuration before using it for installing/updating/query packages. 1. create a file with extention '.repo' in /etc/yum.repos.d vim /etc/yum.repos.d/hello.repo [ftprepo] name=its a ftp repo baseurl=ftp://192.168.2.1/pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 [cdrepo] name=its a cd repo baseurl=file:///media/RHEL6.3 enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 ----------------------------...