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  1. Which command is used to install a package on a Debian-based Linux system?

    Answer: apt-get install package

    apt-get install is the standard command for installing packages on Debian-based systems like Ubuntu.

  2. What does the 'dpkg -l' command do?

    Answer: Lists all installed packages

    dpkg -l lists all installed packages on the system along with their version and description.

  3. Which file on Debian-based systems contains the list of software repositories?

    Answer: /etc/apt/sources.list

    /etc/apt/sources.list defines the URLs and types of repositories that APT uses to fetch packages.

  4. What is the purpose of running 'apt-get update'?

    Answer: Refreshes the local package index from repositories

    'apt-get update' downloads the latest package lists from configured repositories, refreshing the local index.

  5. Which RPM command option is used to query information about an installed package?

    Answer: rpm -q

    rpm -q (query) retrieves information about installed packages from the RPM database.

  6. On a Red Hat-based system, which command would you use to remove a package?

    Answer: yum remove package

    yum remove (or dnf remove on newer systems) is the correct command to uninstall packages on Red Hat-based distributions.

  7. What is the file extension for packages managed by the RPM package manager?

    Answer: .rpm

    RPM packages use the .rpm extension and are used on distributions like Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora.