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Most patches include updates for several packages. To change actions for single pack-
ages, right-click a package in the package window and choose an action. Once you
have marked all patches and packages as desired, proceed with Accept.
Another alternative for updating software is the ZENworks updater applet for KDE and
GNOME. The ZENworks updater helps monitor new patches. It also provides a quick
update function. For more information, refer to Section 9.2, "Managing Packages with
the ZEN Tools" (page 197).
8.3.6 Automatic Online Update
YaST also offers the possibility to set up an automatic update. Select Software > Auto-
matic Online Update. Configure a Daily or a Weekly update. Some patches, such as
kernel updates, require user interaction, which would cause the automatic update pro-
cedure to stop. Check Skip Interactive Patches for the update procedure to proceed au-
tomatically. In this case, run a manual Online Update from time to install patches that
require interaction.
When Only Download Patches is checked, the patches are downloaded at the specified
time but not installed. They must be installed manually. The patches are downloaded
to the rug cache directory, /var/cache/zmd/web, by default. Use the command
rug get-prefs cache-directory to get the current rug cache directory. For
more information about rug, see Section 9.1, "Managing Packages from the Command
Line with rug" (page 194).
8.3.7 Updating from a Patch CD
The Patch CD Update module from the Software section installs patches from CD, not
from an FTP server. The advantage lies in a much faster update with CD. After the
patch CD is inserted, all patches on the CD are displayed in the dialog. Select the desired
packages for installation from the list of patches. The module issues an error message
if no patch CD is present. Insert the patch CD then restart the module.
8.3.8 Updating the System
Update the version of SUSE Linux Enterprise installed on your system with Software
> System Update. During operation, you can only update application software, not the
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