Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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Installer, and Remover provide users with a simple way to manage software, and the process is
integrated into the managed device’s desktop. If a rich user interface is required, you should use the
rug
command line interface to accomplish these same tasks. For more information, see Section 4.4,
“rug,” on page 46 .
In previous versions of ZENworks Linux Management, these three applets were combined in one
user interface. In ZENworks Linux Management 6.
x , the client interface was called Red Carpet
®
. In
ZENworks 7 Linux Management, the client interface was called the ZENworks Linux Management
Update Client. Software Updater, Installer, and Remover replace Red Carpet and the ZENworks
Linux Management Update Client.
The following sections contain information about each applet:
Š
Section 6.3.1, “Updating Software,” on page 55
Š Section 6.3.2, “Installing Software,” on page 58
Š
Section 6.3.3, “Removing Software,” on page 61
Š Section 6.3.4, “Viewing System Preferences,” on page 62
Š
Section 6.3.5, “Editing System Preferences,” on page 63
6.3.1 Updating Software
With the Software Updater, you can easily apply updates to your software with just a few clicks. At
startup, the Software Updater automatically checks for updates to your system from the sources
specified in the Software Updater configuration.
The following sections contain additional information:
Š “Launching the Software Updater” on page 55
Š
“Configuring Package Sources” on page 56
Š “Selecting Update Catalogs” on page 57
Š
“Selecting and Applying Updates” on page 58
Launching the Software Updater
1 Launch the Software Updater by navigating to
/opt/novell/zenworks/bin
and running
zen-updater
with root privileges. To run it as a daemon, run
zen-updater &
.
The Software Updater icon appears in the notification area (GNOME) or the system tray
(KDE) of your panel as an icon depicting a globe, which changes to an orange circle with an
exclamation point in it when updates are available.
The first time you exit the Software Updater, you will be asked if you want it to load on startup.
If you choose
Yes , you can access the Software Updater from the notification area or system
tray rather than by running
zen-updater
from the command line each time you want to launch
the applet.
The rug command-line utility also lets you perform software and user management through the
ZENworks Agent on a managed device. For background information on the underlying rug
command and its configuration options, see
Section 4.4, “rug,” on page 46 .