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42 Chapter 4:Red Hat Update Agent
Table 4–2 Update Agent Command Line Arguments
Argument Description
--configure
Configure
Red Hat Update Agent
options. This is equivalent
to running the
Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool
(
up2date-config
). To run the command line version of
up2date-config
, use this option in conjunction with the
--nox
option:
up2date --nox --configure
. Refer to
Section 3.5, Command Line Version of
Red Hat Update Agent
Configuration Tool
for details.
-d, --download Download packages only, do not install them. This argument
will override the configuraton option
Do not install packages
after retrieval.
-f, --force Force package installation. This option overrides the file,
package, and configuration skip lists.
-i, --install Install packages after they are downloaded. This argument will
override the configuraton option
Do not install packages after
retrieval.
-l, --list Display the list of updated packages that are available for the
system.
--showall Show a list of all packages available for your release of Red Hat
Linux, including those not currently installed.
-k, --packagedir=STRING Specify a colon separated path of directories to look for packages
before trying to download them.
--nosig Do not use GPG to check package signatures. This option will
override the saved configuration option.
-p, --packages Update the packages associated with your System Profile on
Red Hat Network. Use this option if you install RPM packages
without using the
Red Hat Update Agent .
--whatprovides=<deps> Sends a comma separated list of dependencies to the RHN servers
and returns a list of packages that satisfies the dependencies.
--solvesdeps=<deps> Performs the same action as --whatprovides in addition to
downloading the packages that are needed to resolve the
dependencies.