Installation and Package Management

Question 1

Type code for FAT

Answer 1

0x0c

Question 2

Type code for NTFS

Answer 2

0x07

Question 3

Type code of newer type of extended partition

Answer 3

0x0f

Question 4

Type code for Linux swap

Answer 4

0x82

Question 5

Type code for Linux filesystem

Answer 5

0x83

Question 6

GRUB1 Configuration File

Answer 6

/boot/grub/menu.lst

Question 7

GRUB2 Configuration File

Answer 7

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Question 8

ldd

Answer 8

Print shared library dependencies for the indicated program or file

Question 9

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Answer 9

Bash environment variable that determines additional library locations to be searched when looking for shared libraries

Question 10

ldconfig

Answer 10

Program you run after adding to the /etc/ld.so.conf file

Question 11

File that stores shared library paths

Answer 11

/etc/ld.so.conf

Question 12

File that stores the repository locations that apt uses to search for packages

Answer 12

/etc/apt/sources.list

Question 13

apt-get

Answer 13

• Package handling and installation utility for Debian-based distributions
• Will include dependent packages during install

Question 14

dpkg

Answer 14

Used to install .deb package files on Debian-based systems

Question 15

dpkg -i

Answer 15

Install a package

Question 16

dpkg -r

Answer 16

Remove a package

Question 17

dpkg –configure

Answer 17

Configures a package

Question 18

dpkg -c

Answer 18

Lists contents of a package

Question 19

dpkg -s

Answer 19

Lists status of a package (whether installed or not)

Question 20

apt-cache pkgname

Answer 20

Shows if installed

Question 21

apt-cache search

Answer 21

Search for a named package

Question 22

How to reconfigure an already installed package with dpkg?

Answer 22

dpkg-reconfigure

Question 23

aptitude

Answer 23

High level package management interface for Debian based distributions

Question 24

rpm

Answer 24

package installation utility for Red Hat based distributions

Question 25

rpm --nodeps

Answer 25

Install the package without worrying about installed dependencies

Question 26

rpm -i

Answer 26

Install

Question 27

rpm -K

Answer 27

Check package signature (same as rpm --checksig)

Question 28

rpm -V

Answer 28

Verify

Question 29

rpm -a

Answer 29

Selects all packages

Question 30

rpm -U

Answer 30

Upgrades or installs a new package

Question 31

rpm -F

Answer 31

Upgrade a package already installed

Question 32

rpm -q

Answer 32

Query a package

Question 33

rpm -e

Answer 33

Erase or uninstall

Question 34

rpm -l

Answer 34

List files in a package

Question 35

rpm --rebuild

Answer 35

Rebuilds a source package

Question 36

rpm --rebuilddb

Answer 36

Rebuilds the rpm database

Question 37

rpm -qa

Answer 37

Prints all installed packages

Question 38

rpm -ql

Answer 38

List files in an installed package

Question 39

rpm -qf

Answer 39

Determine which installed package a file belongs to

Question 40

rpm -qpl

Answer 40

List all files in an RPM package

Question 41

rpm --checksig

Answer 41

Checks package signature (same as rpm -K)

Question 42

Directory containing yum source repository files

Answer 42

/etc/yum.repos.d

Question 43

cpio

Answer 43

Command used to create a cpio archive

Question 44

cpio -d

Answer 44

Create leading directories where needed

Question 45

cpio -i

Answer 45

Extract

Question 46

cpio -u

Answer 46

Replace all files without asking

Question 47

cpio -m

Answer 47

Retain previous modification times when creating files

Question 48

rpm2cpio

Answer 48

- Convert RPM packages to CPIO compressed files | - Used primarily to extract files from a RPM package without installing the rpm package