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Package List button on the bottom right-hand corner of this page. The next time the
RHN Daemon connects to RHN, it updates your System Profile with the latest list of
installed packages.
List/Remove
Lists installed packages from the system's software System Profile and enables you to
remove them. Click on a package name to view its Package Details page. To delete
packages from the system, select their checkboxes and click the Remove Packages
button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation page appears with
the packages listed. Click the Confirm button to remove the packages.
Upgrade
Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package
versions in the channels for the system. Click on the latest package name to view its
Package Details page. To upgrade packages immediately, select them and click the
Upgrade Packages button. To download the packages as a .tar file, select them and
click the Download Packages button.
Install
Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click
on the package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select
them and click the Install Selected Packages button.
Verify
Validates the packages installed on the system against its RPM database. This is the
equivalent of running
data of the system's packages with information from the database, such as MD5 sum,
file size, permissions, owner, group and type. To verify a package or packages, se-
lect them, click the Verify Selected Packages button, and confirm this action. Once
finished, you can view the results by selecting this action within the History subtab
under Events.
Profiles
Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages of
stored profiles and other Management and Provisioning systems. To make the com-
parison with a stored profile, select that profile from the pulldown menu and click
the Compare button. To make the comparison with another system, select it from the
associated pulldown menu and click the Compare button. To create a stored profile
based upon the existing system, click the Create System Profile button, enter any
additional information you desire, and click the Create Profile button. These profiles
are kept within the Stored Profiles page linked from the left navigation bar.
— Once package profiles have been compared, Provisioning customers have the
ability to synchronize the packages of the selected system with the package manifest
. Specifically, this tab allows you to compare the meta-
rpm -V
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