While in a labs I was asked to install an ftp that was downloaded in /opt/ directory. I didn’t know how to open opt directory . I knew how to run the command but it wasn’t working as I was just typing ftp without all the digits. When I checked the hint I just used what was there but I still don’t know what those numbers are and how I would have known them as they were not spoken about in the lesson.
So the task asks you to install a rpm. A rpm is just a package that provides all the files required to run a program (application). It could be a simple utility or document, or something more complicated.
The exact filename is:
ftp-0.17-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
You don’t need to know the exact numbers. It begins with ftp (the name of the package) and ends with .rpm (you know now this a Red Hat Package Manager file). The numbers in the middle are the version and can be broken down into three parts:
0.17-67 - the version of the file
el7 - the target operating system
x86_64 - the architecture, that is the CPU that is needed to run the package.
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Hi @al1 please how do we know the exact file name? I see you have provided it but how are we supposed to know it or where do we get the details from?
Thanks
In the lab the task tells you an RPM is in the home directory. There you can see the full filename.