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Argument
Description
--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
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 use is found.
--version
packagename
Specify a package name to download (and install if you chose
that option). Only specify the package name. Do not include
the version or release numbers. For example, the command
up2date python
downloads (and optionally installs) the
python package if there is a newer version available and all of its
dependencies. If the package specified is not already installed,
it will download it and all of its dependencies (and optionally
install it) even if it is not already installed.
The command line version of the
Red Hat Update Agent
allows you to perform advanced functions
or to perform actions with little or no interaction. For example, the following command updates your
system with no interaction. It will download the newer packages and install them if you configured it
to install them automatically.
up2date -u
4.5.1 Installing the Red Hat GPG key
The first time you run the graphical version of
Red Hat Update Agent
, it prompts you to install
the Red Hat GPG key. This key is required to authenticate the packages downloaded from Red Hat
Network. If you run the command line version the first time you start
Red Hat Update Agent
, you
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