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102: Linux Installation and Package Management
Description: Candidates should be able to design a disk partitioning scheme for a Linux system.
Key Knowledge Areas: Allocate filesystems and swap space to separate partitions or disks Tailor the design to the intended use of the system Ensure the /boot partition conforms to the hardware architecture requirements for booting Knowledge of basic features of LVM
Terms and Utilities:
/ (root) filesystem
/var filesystem
/home filesystem
/boot filesystem
swap space
mount points
partitions
Opensource: An introduction to Linux filesystems
Linux Foundation: The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Arch Wiki: Swap space & systemd, CML tools
Opensource.com: Everything is a file
Joe Collins: Learning the Linux File System
Joe Collins: Partition Schemes, Swap Space and File Fragmentation
Joe Collins: Advanced Drive Partitioning Schemes for Linux
The Linux Foundation: Introduction to Memory Management in Linux
THe Linux Foundation: Introduction to Memory Management in Linux by Alan Ott
Joe Collins: Linux Talk | Linux Memory Management
Description: Candidates should be able to select, install and configure a boot manager.
Key Knowledge Areas: Providing alternative boot locations and backup boot options Install and configure a boot loader such as GRUB Legacy Perform basic configuration changes for GRUB 2 Interact with the boot loader
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
menu.lst, grub.cfg and grub.conf
grub-install
grub-mkconfig
MBR
UrbanPenguin: Basic configuration of GRUB2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Opensource.com: An introduction to the Linux boot and startup processes
Opensource.com: An introduction to GRUB2 configuration for your Linux machine
Geek Blog: Fix Your MBR After Deleting Linux
Description: Candidates should be able to determine the shared libraries that executable programs depend on and install them when necessary.
Key Knowledge Areas: Identify shared libraries Identify the typical locations of system libraries Load shared libraries
Terms and Utilities:
ldd
ldconfig
/etc/ld.so.conf
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
UrbanPenguin: .SO Shared Object Files in Linux -library modules
Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using the Debian package tools.
Key Knowledge Areas: Install, upgrade and uninstall Debian binary packages Find packages containing specific files or libraries which may or may not be installed Obtain package information like version, content, dependencies, package integrity and installation status (whether or not the package is installed)
Terms and Utilities:
/etc/apt/sources.list
dpkg
dpkg-reconfigure
apt-get
apt-cache
aptitude
IBM: Debian package management
UrbanPenguin: Package Management with DPKG and APT
tutorialLinux: Package Management with apt-get
GeekBlogTV: Apt-Get Package Manager
TuxDigital: Simplify Your Command-Line with APT instead of apt-get
Hak5: Apt vs Apt-Get - HakTip 151
Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using RPM and YUM tools.
Key Knowledge Areas: Install, re-install, upgrade and remove packages using RPM and YUM Obtain information on RPM packages such as version, status, dependencies, integrity and signatures Determine what files a package provides, as well as find which package a specific file comes from
Terms and Utilities:
rpm
rpm2cpio
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum.repos.d/
yum
yumdownloader
IBM: RPM and YUM package management
UrbanPenguin: Package Management with RPM and YUM
GeekBlogTV: YUM Package Manager
TuxDigital: Ubuntu Snappy and Snap Packages
Joe Collins: An Introduction To Snap Packages for Linux
Jason Wertz: The Basics of Installing Software from Source in Linux