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Chapter 2. Red Hat Update Agent
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1:
• On the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs => System =>
Update Agent.
• On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Update Agent.
• At a shell prompt (for example, an xterm or gnome-terminal), type the command up2date.
If you choose the last option and start the application from a shell prompt, you can specify the options
Table 2.1, "Graphical Update Agent
in
--help.
For example, use the following command to specify the directory in which to download the updated
packages (temporarily overriding your saved configuration):
up2date --tmpdir=/tmp/up2date/
Option
--configure
-d, --download
-f, --force
-i, --install
-k, --packagedir
--nosig
--tmpdir=directory
--dbpath=dir
Table 2.1. Graphical Update Agent Options
The first time you run the Red Hat Update Agent, two dialog boxes appear that you will not see in
subsequent startups: Configure Proxy Server and Install GPG Key.
Figure 2.1, "Configure Proxy
As shown in
Proxy Server information. This is useful if your network connection requires you to use a proxy server
to make HTTP connections. To use this feature, select the Enable HTTP Proxy checkbox and type
your proxy server in the text field with the format HOST:PORT, such as squid.mysite.org:3128.
Additionally, if your proxy server requires a username and password, select the Use Authentication
checkbox and enter your username and password in the respective text fields.
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Options". To view these options, type the command up2date
Description
Configure Red Hat Update Agent options. Refer to
"Configuration"
for detailed instructions.
Download packages only; do not install them. This argument
temporarily overrides the configuration option Do not install
packages after retrieval. Use this option if you prefer to install the
packages manually.
Force package installation. This option temporarily overrides the
file, package, and configuration skip lists.
Install packages after they are downloaded. This argument
temporarily overrides the configuration option Do not install
packages after retrieval.
Specify a colon separated path of directories in which to look for
packages before trying to download them.
Do not use GPG to check package signatures. This option
temporarily overrides the saved configuration option.
Temporarily override the configured package directory. The default
location is /var/spool/up2date. This option is useful if you do
not have enough space in the configured location.
Specify an alternate RPM database to use temporarily.
Server", the first dialog box to appear prompts you for HTTP
Section 2.4,