Re: [rhn-users] Re: Your Linux-Problem

[Peter Kühnlein <p uni-bielefeld de>]

Hi Adam,

that's exactly what up2date does. So, here is my proposal: Login as root 
on you machine and start an X session. Open an X terminal and type 
"up2date&". As far as I remember, the machine then asks you a couple of 
questions if it is not already announced for the RHN. Anyway, after 
announcing, it should build a list with RPMs on your machine, and 
download from RedHat a list of RPMs and Obsoletes. Having done that, it 
will suggest to you a number of RPMs (quite a lot, possibly) from which 
you can select those you wish to update. Choose all of them (there is a 
checkbox for that). The machine will retrieve the files and install 
them, asking for a confirmation in between.
That's all you have to do, if your installation is consistent. You 
needn't download anything manually - if all goes well, that is.

Cordially,
Peter

adam jensen wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> No I have not come as far as to updating yet...
>
> My problem is all these pending files like python2,
> rhln and so on: when I have downloaded one, I discover
> that it is pending on other RPMs and so on and so on. 
>
> I find it quite confussing... Are there any services
> like in Mandrake 9.1 (which is distribution I am
> runing on my laptop) that tells you that you have to
> install this and this pending RPM the initial RMP?
>
> Adam
>
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