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— 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 4.2.9.1.3, “System Details # Details # Remote Command — ” for more
information.
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 To update or complete a potentially outdated list,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.
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
packages 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.
Upgrade
Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package
versions 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 Packages button. To download the packages as a .tar file, select them and click
the Download Packages button.
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.
Verify
Validates the packages installed on the system against its RPM database. This is the
equivalent of running
rpm -V
. Specifically, this tab allows you to compare the metadata of
the system's packages with information from the database, such as MD5 sum, file size,
permissions, owner, group and type. To verify a package or packages, select them, click the
Verify Selected Packages button, and confirm this action. Once finished, you can view the
results by selecting this action within the History subtab under Events.
Profiles
Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages of stored
profiles and other Management and Provisioning systems. To make the comparison with a
stored profile, select that profile from the pulldown menu and click the Compare button. To
make the comparison with another system, select it from the associated pulldown menu and
click the Compare button. To create a stored profile based upon the existing system, click
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