The Workshop is designed to help you anticipate possible questions, review what you've learned, and begin learning how to put your knowledge into practice.
Quiz
1:
How do you install an RPM software package using desktop tools?
2:
How do you install an RPM software package at the command line?
3:
Why create an application launcher?
Answers
A1:
Use the file manager to browse to the directory containing the RPM file; then double-click the file's icon.
A2:
rpm -i mypackage.rpm
A3:
You create an application launcher so that you don't have to start a terminal and type a command each time you want to launch an application.
Activities
Start the Package Management tool and browse the available software package groups and software packages. If you see some software that you would like to install, do so.
Start a terminal and use the rpm command to list the packages installed on your system. Use the rpm command to find information on a few that you find interesting.
Create application launchers for some of the X Window System convenience applications in /usr/bin/X11.