Package Download - Red Hat NETWORK BASIC - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 3.2 User Reference Manual

Chapter 5. Red Hat Network Basic
3. Click on the Package List tab.
4. Click on the name of the package that you want to install.
5. Click on the Target Systems tab.
6. Select the entitled systems that you want to install the package on.
7. Click the Install Packages on Selected Systems button.
8. Confirm the action.
9. The action is added to the Pending Actions list under Actions => Pending Actions
from the left navigation bar.

5.5.7. Package Download

If you do not want to schedule a package installation, you can download the package(s)
immediately. If you download the package(s), you must install them manually.
There are two methods for downloading RPM package(s). First method:
1. Select System => System List from the left navigation bar.
2. Click on an entitled system from the list.
3. Click the Upgrade Packages tab.
4. Select the package(s) to download from the Select Newer Package column.
5. Click the Download Selected Packages button.
6. Confirm the action.
Second method:
1. Select Channels and Packages => Channel List from the left navigation bar.
2. Click on the name of the channel that contains the package(s) that you want to down-
load.
3. Select the Package List tab.
4. Select the package(s) to download from the Select column.
5. Click the Download Selected Packages button.
6. Confirm the action.
After choosing to download the package(s) using one of these methods, you will be pre-
sented with a confirmation page as shown in Figure 5-5. If you selected a package that is
available for more than one architecture, you need to select an architecture for the package.
For example, if you want to download the
i386, i586, and i686. Click the Download Selected Packages Now! button to start download-
ing the package(s).
The package are downloaded into a directory called
rectory selected after clicking the button. For example, if you want to save the package(s) in
the directory,
/downloads/rhn-packages
The directory
rhn-packages
kernel
, select the directory
will be created for you if it does not already exist.
package you will need to choose between
beneath the current di-
rhn-packages
/downloads
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when prompted.