All updates and errata for Red Hat Enterprise Linux are available via
Red Hat Network (RHN) and can be downloaded and installed with
up2date.
up2date is a utility provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux that downloads packages form RHN and installs them on your system. The beauty of
up2date is that it can update and install new packages as well as automatically solve dependencies and download additional packages that you may need.
To use
up2date to install updates, you must first register your system with RHN.
up2date can be run by either clicking on the red exclamation mark at the bottom right on your screen if you are running a Graphical User Interface, like GNOME or KDE, or by typing the following commands in either a terminal window or console.
Note: After your system is registered with RHN,
up2date can be run to download and install the packages your system needs to be on the most current package version for your installed version.
To register your system with RHN:
To list all updates:
To download and install all updates:
By default all kernel updates are on the "Skip List" and will not be installed. To force
up2date to install any kernel updates you need to include the -f option:
More information can be found in the up2date man pages by typing the command:
