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6 FAQ tagged "rpm"

• What is My root Password for MySQL Database Server? :

  Q. What is my root password for MySQL under CentOS Linux 5.0 server?

• Debian / Ubuntu Linux Find Out What Package Provides a File :

  Q. How do I find out what package provides a file called /bin/ls? I can use ‘rpm -qf /bin/ls’ command under Red Hat Linux to find out package name. Can you tell me equivalent command for the same under Debian Linux?

• Linux List All Outdated Packages Which Could be Updated and Applied to System :

  Q. How can I know what packages are available for binary update under Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Linux version 5 server? How do I list all outdated packages? How do I apply update / patches to system?

• Debian / Ubuntu Linux: List All Packages Which Could be Updated and Applied to System :

  Q. How do I know what packages are available to be updated on my Debian / Ubuntu Linux system?
  A. You can use standard command line utility called apt-get or GUI tool called Synaptic Update-Manager.
  List all packages which could be updated
  To list outdated package use apt-get command has following two options:
  => -u : Show upgraded [...]

• Linux: Display rpm package architecture :

  Q. I’m using CentOS on 64 bit Linux. How do I find out rpm package architecture before installation such as i386 or x86_64 bit?
  A. Almost each rpm package has i386 or x86_64 added to file extension. However some time you may see filename such as file-version.rpm. You can list all installed rpm packages with rpm [...]

• Patch and Update Redhat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 5 server :

  Q. Can you tell me how do I patch and update everything on my Redhat Enterprise Linux server 5?
  A. Both RHEL 5 and CentOS 5 use yum command, which is an interactive, automated update program which can be used for maintaining systems using rpm.
  To upgrade server and apply all security patches, pass update option [...]

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