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84 Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website
— When selecting packages to install, upgrade, or remove,
Provisioning customers have the option of running a remote command
automatically before or after the package installation. Refer to
Section 6.4.2.8.1.8 System Details
⇒
Details
⇒
Remote Command — for more
information.
6.4.2.8.3.1. System Details
⇒
Packages
⇒
Packages
The default display of the Packages tab describes the options available to you and provides
the means to update your package list. To update or complete a potentially outdated list,
possibly due to the manual installation of packages, click the Update Package List button
on the bottom right-hand corner of this page. The next time the RHN Daemon connects to
RHN, it updates your System Profile with the latest list of installed packages.
6.4.2.8.3.2. System Details
⇒
Packages
⇒
List/Remove
Lists installed packages from the system’s software System Profile and enables you to
remove them. Click on a package name to view its Package Details page. To delete pack-
ages from the system, select their checkboxes and click the Remove Packages button on
the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation page appears with the packages
listed. Click the Confirm button to remove the packages.
6.4.2.8.3.3. System Details
⇒
Packages
⇒
Upgrade
Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package ver-
sions in the channels for the system. Click on the latest package name to view its Package
Details page. To upgrade packages immediately, select them and click the Upgrade Pack-
ages button. To download the packages as a .tar file, select them and click the Download
Packages button.
6.4.2.8.3.4. System Details
⇒
Packages
⇒
Install
Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click on
the package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and
click the Install Selected Packages button.
6.4.2.8.3.5. System Details
⇒
Packages
⇒
Verify —
Validates the packages installed on the system against its RPM database. This is the equiv-
alent of running
rpm -V
. Specifically, this tab allows you to compare the metadata of the