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== Investigation 2: How do you install and remove software with RPM? ==
# Boot up and log into your '''f19host''' machine.# Insert your '''Fedora19 Full Install DVD''' into your DVD drive.# Use the graphical file manager called '''Nautilus''' (remember that you can click Activities, and type nautilus in the search box, then click the application icon to launch. {{Admon/tip|Pinning Applications to the Quick Launch Panel|You can quickly launch your favorite applications by pinning them to the quick launch panel. When you search for an application using the search tool (Nautiluslike ''terminal'' or ''nautilus'') , simply click and drag the application icon to the quick launch panel on the left-hand-side of the screen.}} <ol> <li value="4">In the ''Nautilus'' file manager window, within the "'''Devices'''" section, select your '''Fedora19x86_64''' full install DVD. change to the directory on your Installation DVD. Go to the sub-directory called '''Packages''' and then go to the sub-directory '''l''' (for files beginning with the letter l like the '''lynx''' package). You should see a file called: <code>'''lynx-2.8.78-80.1.dev15.fc19.x86_64.rpm'''</code># Open a shell terminal, and change to the directory: <code>'''/run/media/youruserid/Fedora\ 19\ x86_64/Packages/1'''</code># Execute the following command: <code>'''rpm -i lynx-2.8.78-80.1.dev15.fc19.x86_64.rpm'''</code># Issue an RPM query to check that lynx is application has been installed. Record this command in your lab log-book.# Issue the following command: <code>'''rpm -e lynx'''</code>. Notice that you only need the application name to remove the package, and not the full install package rpm filename.
# Issue an RPM query to verify that lynx is no longer installed. Record this command in your lab log-book.
# Move In your terminal, issue a command to move to the appropriate sub-directory for packages that begin with the letter '''bs'''.# Issue the following command: <code>'''rpm -i BackupPCseahorse-3.8.2.-1-7.fc19.x86_64.rpm'''</code> and note # Use an rpm query to display information regarding the resultseahorse application. What is the purpose of this application? Record your findings in your lab log-book.
'''Answer the Investigation 2 observations / questions in your lab log book.'''
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<li value="2">Issue the command: <code>yum install BackupPCseahorse</code> and answer <code>y</code> to the question about installation.
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<li>Where did ''yum'' get the BackupPC software?</li>
