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rhel 5 training guide ch 11
Software Package Management
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11/08/2010

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sendmail-8.13-2.el5.i386.rpm
What does -2 mean
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package release number of software version 8.13
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package database
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metadata information of installed package files
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test
Definition
Test
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RHN
Definition
Red Hat Network
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daemon for the Red Hat Network
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rhnsd - needs to be running to use RHN
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What can you do with the RHN
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Schedule commands for later execution
Install, update, and remove packages on systems
Group systems based on requirements
Add and edit custom config files
Create kickstart installations
Create system snapshots
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see if the RHN daemon is running
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service rhnsd status
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display all the packages
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rpm -qa
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install sendmail8.13.8-2.rpm using rpm
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rpm -ivh /var/tmp/sendmail8.13.8-2.rpm
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install using rpm from an ftp site
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rpm -ivh ftp://sitename.com/whatever/foo.rpm
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upgrade sendmail.rpm using rpm
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rpm -Uvh /var/tmp/sendmail.rpm
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freshen all the packages
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rpm -Fvh *.rpm
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overwrite sendmail with the same version
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rpm -ivh --replacepkgs /var/tmp/sendmail.rpm
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display basic information about a package
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rpmquery -i sendmail
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query a file, find out what package it belongs to
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rpm -qf ./sendmail.cf
rpmquery -f ./sendmail.cf
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list all the configuration files for a package
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rpm -qc sendmail
rpmquery -c sendmail
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list all the document files for a package
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rpm -qd sendmail
rpmquery -d sendmail
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list all the files in a package
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rpm -ql sendmail
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list the dependencies
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rpm -qR sendmail
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use rpm and remove a package
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rpm -e sendmail
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check a package signature
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rpm -K /var/tmp/sendmail.rpm
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verify a package
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rpm -Vp /var/tmp/sendmail.rpm
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how do you create a private yum repository
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yum install createrepo\
mkdir /var/yum/repos.d
mv the packages into this directory
run the following in the directory:
createrepo -v .
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test card
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this is only a test
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location of the package database
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/var/lib/rpm
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