RHCE Package Management and Software Installation

Question 1

Which command installs a package named 'httpd' using DNF on RHEL 8/9?

Accepted Answer

dnf install httpd

Answer

DNF is the default package manager on RHEL 8/9 and uses 'dnf install <package>' to install packages.

Question 2

Which directory contains DNF/YUM repository configuration files on RHEL?

Accepted Answer

/etc/yum.repos.d/

Answer

Repository .repo files are stored in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and are read by both YUM and DNF.

Question 3

What DNF command lists all currently installed packages on the system?

Accepted Answer

dnf list installed

Answer

'dnf list installed' displays all packages that are currently installed on the system.

Question 4

Which RPM option is used to query which package owns a specific file?

Accepted Answer

rpm -qf /path/to/file

Answer

'rpm -qf' (query file) shows which installed package owns the specified file path.

Question 5

How do you enable a DNF module stream named 'nodejs:18' on RHEL 8/9?

Accepted Answer

dnf module enable nodejs:18

Answer

'dnf module enable :' enables the specified stream without installing any packages.

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