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Hands-on Lab: Package Management & Services


Lenz Grimmer, Senior Product Manager, Oracle Linux
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Preparing for the lab

•  Have the Oracle Linux virtual appliance up and running


•  Ideally from the initial imported state
•  Have a terminal/shell open to enter the commands
•  Note: the output of some commands may differ, as the
content of the update repository may have changed

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Package Management

•  Software is delivered in the form of RPM packages


•  Split up by functionality (client, server, libraries)
•  Oracle Linux uses rpm and yum to manage software
packages
•  RPM keeps track of dependencies and conflicts
•  Yum provides a more user-friendly frontend to RPM

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Hands-on lab: Package Management

•  Learn the basics about working with RPM and yum on


the command line
•  Obtaining information about packages
•  Installing/Upgrading installed packages
•  Applying security updates

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Package Management: Related Documentation

•  Oracle Linux 6 Administrator‘s Solutions Guide:


http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/
documentation/
•  Deployment Guide:
http://linux.oracle.com/documentation/

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Hands-on lab: Services and Run Levels

•  Oracle Linux uses System V init to start/stop services


•  Init scripts in /etc/init.d/ start services at bootup
•  The service tool starts/stops services at run time
•  The chkconfig tool enables/disables startup of services
•  Using Apache httpd as an example

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Resources
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@ORCL_Linux Facebook.com/ Blogs.oracle.com Oracle Linux YouTube.com/


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