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To install or upgrade to the latest version of any package available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux use the command up2date -i <package-name>. To see a list of all packages available use the command up2date --showall.

For example, to see all available packages with the string 'compat' in their name use the command up2date --showall | grep -i compat. To install or upgrade to the latest 'compat-db' and 'compat-gcc' packages use the command:

up2date -i compat-db compat-gcc

Note: Package names always include the package's version and release number information, but it is not necessary to include those numbers when installing or upgrading using up2date.