Advanced Package Management Review Questions

Q. A module profile is a list of recommended packages organized for purpose-built deployments. True or False? A. True.

Q. What would the dnf group info Base command do? A. The command provided will list all packages in the specified package group.

Q: What would you run to list all available profiles for the module postgresql? A. To view postgresql module profiles, you would run dnf module info \--profile postgresql

Q. Which dnf subcommand can be used to list all available repositories? A. The repolist subcommand.

Q. What is the use of the -y option with the dnf group install and dnf module remove commands? A. dnf will not prompt for user confirmation if the -y option is used with it.

Q. What is the main advantage of using dnf over rpm? A. dnf resolves and installs dependent packages automatically.

Q. What would be the command to install perl 5.26? A. It would be dnf module install perl:5.26

Q. What dnf subcommand would we use to check available updates for installed packages? A. The check-update subcommand.

Q. What is the concept of module in RHEL 9? A. A module is a collection of packages, including the dependent packages, that are required to install an application.

Q. What must be the extension of a yum repository file? A. The extension of a yum repository configuration file must be .repo in order to be recognized as a valid repo file.

Q. A module stream is a group of packages organized by version. True or False? A. True.

Q. What would the dnf list zsh command do? A. The command provided will display installed and available zsh package.

Q. What would the dnf list installed gnome command do? A. The command provided will display all installed packages that contain gnome in their names.

Q. How many package names can be specified at a time with the dnf install command? A. There is no limit.

Q. Name the two default yum repositories that contain all the packages for RHEL 9? A. The two yum repositories the BaseOS and AppStream.

Q. We can update all the packages within a package group using the groupupdate subcommand with dnf. True or False? A. True.

Q. What would you run to reset a module so that it is neither enabled nor disabled? A. You would run dnf module reset to reset a module.

Q. What would the dnf info zsh command do? A. The command provided will display the header information for the zsh package.