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Once you download packages, whether through the
Red Hat Network Web interface or the
Red Hat Update Agent, you have to update your system
(unless you configured Red Hat Network to automatically
install updates). You can update at a shell prompt or with a GUI from
your GNOME or KDE desktop. Updating at a shell prompt is the easier
method.
To update downloaded packages at a shell prompt:
At a shell prompt, type cd /var/spool/up2date.
Type rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
That's it. Downloaded packages are sent to the
/var/spool/up2date directory. The cd
/var/spool/up2date command puts you in that directory. The
rpm -Fvh *.rpm command tells your system
everything it needs to know to update all downloaded packages residing
in that directory.
 | If you download RPMs for packages you do not have installed on your
system, use -U instead of
-F. This will install the package on your
system, rather than update an existing package.
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To update using a GUI:
Open Gnome-RPM (From a GNOME desktop, go to => =>
; In KDE, go to
=> => =>
.
Click on Install.
In the Install dialog box, click on
Add.
In the Add Packages dialog box, click on the
pulldown menu at the top of the page and select
/ (this indicates your home directory).
Under Directories, scroll down and double-click
on /var. This will display a new list of
directories in the Directories box.
Under Directories again, scroll down and
double-click on . This, too, will display a
new list of directories in the Directories box.
Once more, under Directories, scroll down and
double-click on .
Go back to the Install dialog box, highlight
the packages you want, and click on Upgrade
to upgrade the packages on your system.
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