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5.6 Downloading Updated Packages

If you have not configured your
the most recent Red Hat packages (see Section 3.3, Retrieval/Installation Settings), you can download
them through the Red Hat Network Web Application.
From the
Errata
packages required to fix the errata. Select the packages you wish to download. After choosing which
packages to download, you have three options:
• Click the
• Click the
your Download List remain there until they are downloaded or deleted from the list. When you
are ready to download the packages in your download list, click the
in the upper right hand corner of your screen. (This link will not appear if you do not have any
packages in your download list.) From the Download List page, you can download the packages
stored in your list or deleted packages from your list.
• Click the
Hat Update Agent and Red Hat Network Daemon. The next time the daemon connects to Red Hat
Network the queued packages will be downloaded automatically (and installed if preferences set
through up2date-config has

5.7 Customizing Preferences

After logging into the Red Hat Network Web Application, click the
navigation bar.
5.7.1 Main Page
From the
Main Page
you login the Red Hat Network Web Application.
If you select
Latest Errata
of affected systems, and the number of new packages they include will be listed on the Main Page as
soon as you log into the Red Hat Network Web Application. Click the
of the page to apply the changes.
There is also a customizable list of Favorite Guides and Favorite Forums on the Main Page. Under
Favorite Guides
you want to appear in this list. Click the
Retrieval/Installation Settings
tab, click the errata summary link under the
button to download the RPM files immediately.
Download Now
button to add it to your Download List. All RPM packages added to
Download Later
button to let Red Hat Network deliver your packages through the Red
Queue Delivery
tab of the Preferences page you can customize the information displayed when
under the
and
Favorite Forums
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section, the three most recent errata, the number
Status Windows
on the Preferences page, choose which guides amd forums
button at the bottom of the page to apply the changes.
Update
to proactively download and install
. This takes you to a list of
Errata Report
Your Download List
unchecked).
Preferences
button at the bottom
Update
link
button on the top