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LPI Certification / CompTIA Linux+ Practice Test

Category - LINUX

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Which of the following specifies where the RPM Package Manager stores its database of installed packages?
  1. /etc/rpm
  2. /var/lib/rpm
  3. /var/rpmdb
  4. /tmp/rpm
Explanation
Answer - B - The RPM Package Manager stores its database of installed packages in the /var/lib/rpm location.

Key Takeaway: The RPM Package Manager is a package management system that contains two things: a software package file format and software packaged in this format. RPM is used on distributions such as SUSE, Red Hat, and Fedora. The RPM package manager is used to install new packages, update existing packages, verify package files, query installed packages, and uninstall packages.
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