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Target Systems — List of entitled systems that are eligible to be subscribed to the channel.
5.5.4. Channel Subscribe and Unsubscribe
Each RHN client system must be subscribed to a base channel and can only be subscribed
to one base channel. This base channel is selected automatically during registration from
the Red Hat Linux release and system architecture selected. Each RHN client system can be
subscribed to zero or more child channels.
To view the list of channels to which each system is subscribed, click
Systems => System
List from the left navigation bar. From the System List , click on the name of the system
to display the System Details page. On the System Details page, there is a check beside
the channels to which the system is subscribed. To subscribe the system to additional child
channels, check the box beside it and click the Modify System Profile button at the bottom
of the page. To unsubscribe the system from a child channel, uncheck the box beside the
channel name and click Modify System Profile .
5.5.5. Package Details
If you click on the name of any RPM package in the interface, the Package Details page will
appear. This page contains the following tabbed pages:
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Details
— Details about the package including the package description, package size, and
package version (This information is similar to issuing the command
rpm -qi package-
name
but with more detail). Click the links in the bottom right of the page to download the
RPM and/or SRPM files for the package.
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Newer Versions
— List of newer versions of the packages released via Errata Alerts.
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Dependencies — Lists the package dependencies, what the package provides, the pack-
ages it obseletes, and the packages with which it conflicts.
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Change Log — The Change Log for the package (This information is similar to issuing the
command
rpm -q --changelog packagename
).
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File List — List of files installed from the package (This information is similar to issuing
the command
rpm -ql packagename
).
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Installed Systems — List of systems with this package installed.
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Target Systems — List of systems on which the package can be installed. Go here to install
packages on entitled systems. Refer to Section 5.5.6 for instructions.
5.5.6. Package Install
Only packages included in a system’s subscribed channels can be installed or updated on
that system.
Important
If you use automatic package installation, the packages will be installed via the RHN Daemon. You
must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems. Refer to Chapter 6 for more details.
To apply Errata Updates, refer to Section 5.6.4.