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Figure 2-25. Retrieval/Installation Settings
The following package retrieval options can be selected (see Figure 2-25):
Do not install packages after retrieval — download selected RPM packages to desired directory
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and ignore the installation preferences
Do not upgrade packages when local configuration file has been modified — if the configuration
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file has been modified for a package such as
option is useful if you are installing custom RPMs on your system and you do not want them
updated or reverted to the default Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages.
Retrieve source RPM along with binary package — download both the source (
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and the binary (
*.[architecture].rpm
The following installation options are configurable (see Figure 2-25):
Use GPG to verify package integrity — before installing the packages, verify Red Hat's GPG
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signature (highly recommended for security reasons)
After installation, keep binary packages on disk — save binary packages in desired directory
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instead of deleting them after installation
The following additional options are configurable from this tab:
Override version stored in System Profile — override the Red Hat Linux version in your System
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Profile
Package storage directory — change the directory where packages are downloaded; the default
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location is
/var/spool/up2date
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, do not attemp to upgrade it. This
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*.src.rpm