Ok, maybe I'm just plain stupid. I've never used up2date until now. Got a server setup, ran it with -u. It updated all the critical stuff. But I need to install gcc, and want up2date to do it. I login to my RHN account, find it under packages>install select and add them, confirm them. Now I run up2date again with the -u. And it doesn't install them? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

Easiest way is to just to pull up www.rpmfind.net from your Windows box or whatever you ssh into the server with. Find the packages you want then paste the url in your ssh session and grab it with wget... then rpm -Uvh them that way. In the future when you up2date -u it will update all packages on your system including the latest ones. You can always man up2date if you wanna find a different way to go about it.

You're right. But when your trying to get everything updated, and don't want to jack around with depencies up2date seemed to be the best choise.

Ahh just found a semi-solution to my problem. I needed to install gcc, so I just went up2date gcc and it set it up and everything. Awesome and thanks for the replies.

Originally posted by interactive
Ahh just found a semi-solution to my problem. I needed to install gcc, so I just went up2date gcc and it set it up and everything. Awesome and thanks for the replies.

up2date gcc

Thats all?

i got a question about up2date also

i know the problem has been solved but im just wondering

can u run up2date remotly, i.e through a control panels console window or commandline???

it is run through commandline as root... ssh is your best friend! :D

I also like to run up2date but never done it befor.
Can anyone please give me step by step istructions to do this?
- Have to fix the grsecurity bug -

Thanks

I prefer to have up2date download the newest rpm's for my systems without actually installing them, that way it allows you full control over what gets upgraded and what doesnt. This is especially important for people who are running control panels like Plesk, Ensim, etc which utilize modified versions of certain applications like perl, apache and others.

You can disable automatic installation by issuing the command:

up2date --configure

Change the option 'retrieveOnly' to Yes, then press Enter to save and exit

Then simply type:

up2date -u

Any updated packages for your system will be saved under /var/spool/up2date, from there you can upgrade the packages at your own discretion:

rpm -Uvh package-name.rpm