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42 Chapter 4. Red Hat Update Agent
Argument Description
-d, --download Download packages only, do not install them. This
argument will override the configuraton option Do not
install packages after retrieval. Use this option if you
prefer to install the packages manually.
-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.
--tmpdir=
directory
Override the configured package directory. The default
location is
/var/spool/up2date
. This option is useful if
you do not have enough space in the configured location.
-u, --update Update the system. All package updates for your system
will be downloaded based on your configured preferences
(and installed if you chose that option).
--nox Force the program to run in command line mode. Do not
display the graphical interface.
-h, --help Display help on command line arguments.
-v, --verbose Display more information about what actions the
Red Hat
Update Agent is performing.
--justdb Only add packages to the database and do not install them.
--dbpath Specify a path where an alternate RPM database to be used
is found.
--version Display which version of the Red Hat Update Agent you
are running.
-?, --usage Briefly describe the options for
up2date
.