Linux Self Service Software Installation

The managed Linux environment at the College of Engineering can have the self-service feature enabled on your machine, which will allow you to install packages from standard repositories

How to Install a Package using Self Service

1. Open terminal/command line

2. Type in self-service (you will be prompted for your login password)

   1. self-service without any arguments prints help with a list of options

3. To search for available packages for install, run the command below. This will search for available packages with <package name> in the name or description.

   1. self-service --search <package name>

4. Run the following command to list packages that were installed using self-service

   1. self-service --list_installed

5. To check for and install a package from a standard repository, run the following command. The install will be scheduled to run in the next 30 minutes.

   1. self-service --install <package name> [<package name> ... ]

How to Uninstall or cancel a Scheduled Install

1. Open the command line

2. To mark a package (which was installed with self-service) for removal in the next 30 min, run the following command

   1. self-service --uninstall <package name> [<package name> ...]