Linux exercise 9 - Package management
- At first, update package repositories. Then check the available commands for apt using command help. What commands are used to perform the following tasks with apt:
- Upgrading installed packages in the system
- Removing unused packages from the system
- Check the information for the package called figlet and answer the following questions:
- What is the size of the package?
- What is the newest version available for the package?
- Check the package description → What does the program do?
- Install the figlet package and verify it works.
- Remove figlet from the system with all configuration files. Check that program cannot be run after the removal.
- In this task you must install Python3 by compiling it from the source code. Download the package from the url http://student.labranet.jamk.fi/~hantt/os/Python-3.7.4.tgz.
- Before the compilation process, install the following packages with apt:
- If you cannot start your newly installed Python3 fix the symbolic link to point for the python3.7 executable.
- Verify the operation of Python3 by starting the shell with command python3. You should now see the version 3.7.4 at the start of your Python shell.