Software Installation

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Package

Collection of files organized in directories plus a file containing metadata.

False

T/F: Synaptic Package Manager has ads.

True

T/F: Ubuntu Sofware Manager has ads.

PRograms and versions that must exist on your computer for software to run correctly.

What are dependencies?

1. Debian binary file 2. Control archive 3. Data archive

What are the three files that a .deb file contains?

1. Package manager from a command line. 2. GUI package managers. 3. Compiling from source.

What are the three methods of installation?

Advaned Package Tool

What does APT stand for?

An optimized image for your machine.

What does compilation produce?

Treats programs as self-contained, isolated objects that run in their own protected space.

What does the Snap format do?

A list of dependencies.

What does the manifest inside a package contain?

/etc/apt/sources.list

What file contains results from all repositories?

A command line program used to interact with the APT used to install, update, list, and remove packages.

What is APT?

A micro deb file.

What is a .udeb?

A collection of tools to automate installing, removing, upgrading, and configuring software on a Linux distribution.

What is a package manager?

apt policy package

What is the apt command to show installed and available package versions?

apt policy

What is the apt command to show package sources?

apt full-upgrade

What is the apt command to upgrade packaves and remove unnessary dependencies?

apt-cache policy package

What is the apt-get command to show installed and available package versions?

apt-get dis-upgrade

What is the apt-get command to upgrade packaves and remove unnessary dependencies?

apt-cache policy

What is the apt-get commend to show package sources?

dpkg

What is the base package manager for Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Mint, Elementary)?

rpm

What is the base package manager for Red Hat-based distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)?

Purge

What is the command keyword for removing a package and all configurations?

autoremove

What is the command keyword for removing unneeded dependencies?

dpkg -i

What is the command to install a .deb file?

dpkg -i -R

What is the command to install several files from the same directory?

apt-get remove

What is the command to remove a .deb files?

apt-get

What is the feature-rich front-end for the DPKG system on Debian-based distros?

.deb

What is the file extension for installer files on Debian-based distros?

yum

What is the front-end for the RPM system on Red Hat-based distributions?

snappy

What is the new self-contained package format developed by Ubuntu?

pacman

What is the package manager for Arch Limux-based distributions?

apt

What is the simplified front-end for the DPKG system on Debian-based distros?

Ubuntu Software Manager

Which came first, Synaptic Package Manager or Ubuntu Software Manager?

apt

Which is used to install software from a remote repository, apt or dkg?

dkg

Which is used to install sotware from a local file, apt or dkg?

1. apt list criteria 2. apt edit-sources

Which two commands can apt perform that apt-get cannot?


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