LPI Linux Certification/Packaging Software

Detailed Objective
Weight: 1

Description: Candidates should be able to build a software package. This objective includes building or rebuilding both RPM and DEB packaged software.


 * Key knowledge area(s):
 * RPM description, software and commands
 * DEB description, software and commands
 * SPEC file format
 * debian/rules file format


 * The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
 * rpmbuild
 * The contents of /var/lib/rpm and /usr/lib/rpm/
 * var/cache/debconf/
 * dpkg-deb
 * dpkg