Booting Linux and Installing Applications from Source

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
As a Linux System Administrator you'll sometimes require a specific piece of software, or specific version of software that is not available as a binary from your Linux distribution's repository. In this situation, compiling your own binary directly from the source code may be the only way to obtain this application.This course covers the prerequisites required to compile software on your system, as well as how to extract and build software from source. A number of alternative bootloaders aside from the now standard GRUB bootloader are also discussed. This course is for people taking Advanced Level Linux Professional (LPIC-2) Exam 202.

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator.

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Booting Linux and Installing Applications from Source

describe the process and considerations for extracting source from an archive

recognize the process of compiling and installing a package

recognize how to build and install a package from source

match the bootloaders to their descriptions

choose the most suitable bootloader to use in a given scenario

Course Number:
lu_lalr_a05_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate