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4.6.3. Easy ISOs

The Easy ISOs page enables you to download binary ﬁles for use in making installation disks. This

feature is available only to RHN Basic and RHN Enterprise subscribers. Although the latest ISOs are

available on this page, you can ﬁnd speciﬁc ISOs for a channel on the Downloads tab of the Channel

Details page. See Section 4.6.1.3 Channel Details for instructions.

To download an ISO image, click on the name of the corresponding Binary Disc image. For instruc-

tions on burning the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW, refer to the Red Hat Linux Getting Started

Guide available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/.

The RPM Search page allows you to search through packages using various criteria. You may search

by name or name and summary, within relevant or all channels, or within speciﬁc architectures. Type

your keyword, select the criterion to search by, and click the Search button. The results appear at the

bottom of the page.

A package is the smallest essential ingredient of any Red Hat Linux system. Packages, commonly

known as RPMs because of their oversight by Red Hat Package Manager, are the pieces of software

that, when installed, enable your system to operate. Packages are grouped by channels to help you

more easily determine which are applicable to your systems.

These packages can be retrieved in one of two ways: by direct install or through download.

4.6.5.1. Package Install

Only packages included in a system's subscribed channels can be installed or updated on that system.

Important

If you use scheduled package installation, the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon. You

must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems. Refer to Chapter 5 Red Hat Network Daemon

for more details.

To apply Errata Updates, refer to Section 4.5.2.1 Apply Errata Updates. To upgrade and install pack-

ages through the Systems category, use the Packages tab of the System Details page. Refer to Section

4.4.2.6 System Details for instructions.

Within the Software category, you may install an individual package on multiple entitled systems by

following these steps:

1. Select Software => Channels from the top and left navigation bars.

2. Click on the name of the channel that contains the package to be installed.

3. On the Channel Details page, click on the Packages tab.

4. Click on the name of the package you want to install.

5. On the Package Details page, click on the Target Systems tab.

6. Select the entitled systems you want to install the package on.

7. Click on the Install Packages button.

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