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5. Click the Download Selected Packages button.
6. Confirm the action.
After choosing to download the package(s) using one of these methods, you will be pre-
sented with a confirmation page as shown in Figure 5-5. If you selected a package that is
available for more than one architecture, you need to select an architecture for the package.
For example, if you want to download the
kernel
package you will need to choose between
i386 , i586 , and i686 . Click the Download Selected Packages Now! button to start download-
ing the package(s).
The package are downloaded into a directory called
rhn-packages
beneath the current di-
rectory selected after clicking the button. For example, if you want to save the package(s) in
the directory,
/downloads/rhn-packages
, select the directory
/downloads
when prompted.
The directory
rhn-packages
will be created for you if it does not already exist.
Figure 5-5. Package Download
Even if you selected to download more than one package, you will only download one file.
This one TAR file contains the RPM package(s) you selected. To extract the packages from
the TAR file, open a shell prompt (such as an XTerm or GNOME terminal), change to the
rhn-packages
directory, and issue the command:
tar -xvf rhn-packages.tar
The next step is to install the packages manually. Refer to Section 4.7 for details.
5.6. Errata
Red Hat releases Errata Alerts in three categories: Security Alerts, Bug Fix Alerts, and En-
hancement Alerts. Each Errata Alert is comprised of a summary of the problem and the so-
lution, including the RPM packages required to fix the problem. The Errata category allows
you to view all released Errata Alerts, to view only Errata Alerts applicable to your systems,
to search Errata Alerts, and to apply Errata Updates to one or more of your systems.
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