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Section 4.5:Command Line Version of Red Hat Update Agent
Table 4–2 Update Agent Command Line Arguments
Argument
--configure
-d, --download
-f, --force
-i, --install
-l, --list
--showall
-k, --packagedir
--nosig
-p, --packages
--whatprovides=<deps>
--solvesdeps=<deps>
Description
Configure Red Hat Update Agent options. This is equivalent
to running the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool
(up2date-config). To run the command line version of
up2date-config, use this option in conjunction with the
--nox option: up2date --nox --configure. Refer to
Section 3.5, Command Line Version of Red Hat Update Agent
Configuration Tool for details.
Download packages only, do not install them. This argument
will override the configuraton option
after retrieval.
Force package installation. This option overrides the file,
package, and configuration skip lists.
Install packages after they are downloaded. This argument will
override the configuraton option
retrieval.
Display the list of updated packages that are available for the
system.
Show a list of all packages available for your release of Red Hat
Linux, including those not currently installed.
Specify a colon separated path of directories to look for packages
before trying to download them.
Do not use GPG to check package signatures. This option will
override the saved configuration option.
Update the packages associated with your System Profile on
Red Hat Network. Use this option if you install RPM packages
without using the Red Hat Update Agent.
Sends a comma separated list of dependencies to the RHN servers
and returns a list of packages that satisfies the dependencies.
Performs the same action as --whatprovides in addition to
downloading the packages that are needed to resolve the
dependencies.
Do not install packages
Do not install packages after
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