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OPS235 Assignment 1
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1 OPS235 Assignment 1
1.1 Create a new virtual machine
1.2 Package Management
1.3 Alternate Software Installation
1.4 Install a second Linux distribution as a Virtual Machine
1.5 Submission
1.6 Rubric
OPS235 Assignment 1
Weight: 5% of the overall grade
The rest of this assignment should be done after the installation is completed successfully.
Package Management
Research the rpm and yum commands to:
1. Verify the integrity of a package using rpm to see if any of its files have been altered since installation. (you
will be asked to demonstrate this when your assignment is marked, it doesn't matter which package you
choose)
2. Demonstrate the install, run, and removal of any rpm package. This means during the demonstration you will
show the download, install, and run of any rpm-based package, after doing so show the removal of that
package proving that previously installed rpm package is no longer available after removal.
3. Add the EPEL (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) repository to the yum configuration. (this one has
XFCE for CentOS 7)
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1. Find and install the XFCE dektop environment discussed in the following article: XFCE Review (http://ww
w.osnews.com/story.php/5478/XFce-4--A-Refreshingly-Solid-Desktop)
2. Do the rest of the assignment (including the assignment submission) while running XFCE.
Lab 3 contains practice in compiling source code. It is recommended to study these procedures for compiling and
installing software from source code and use them to:
Submission
Due date: When you are ready for your assignment #1 to be marked, call over your instructor. Students that do not
have ALL required information for instructor to mark their assignment #1 will automatically lose 20% of their
assignment mark (deducted from total assignment mark calculation). In that case you may show me your
submission in the second lab that week instead. Assignments submitted after that will receive a grade of 0, but must
still be completed satisfactorily in order to pass the course.
Ready to show: open terminal windows having run the commands necessary to show all the required items in the
rubric below. It is ok to switch windows and virtual machines while submitting your assignment, but you should
not need to run any commands.
If you have questions about the assignment - please wait until everyone's assignment is submitted and ask your
question after that.
Rubric
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