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Updating RH8

  • 02-04-2003 11:54am
    #1
    Raz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭


    I'm a fresh newbie to the world of Red hat.
    I've just downloaded the i686 rpms from heanet.ie and I was wondering how one would go about updating the system with these files.
    Do you just burn them all to a CD and then boot up the installer and select update?

    And has anyone got any hints on how to go about getting accustomed with the system?


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  • #2
    lynchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭lynchie


    If by update you mean updating new versions of packages, then the best bet is to use redhat's up2date program. If you installed X Windows, then the link for up2date should be there. You may have to register for a demo account at http://rhn.redhat.com. You can also update packages from the shell using the command rpm -Fvh package-name.rpm


  • #3
    Raz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭Raz


    Okay I'll give that a go. Some are updates to the kernel, would that make any difference?


  • #4
    longword
    Closed Accounts Posts: 741 ✭✭✭longword


    Originally posted by Raz
    Okay I'll give that a go. Some are updates to the kernel, would that make any difference?
    You may have to run mkinitrd to build a new initrd (Initial RAM Disk - used to hold any modules required to mount your root partition, stuff like SCSI driver modules). If you're using grub there's nothing more to it. If you're on LILO you will probably have to edit /etc/lilo.conf to point to the new kernel and run /sbin/lilo to put that change into effect.

    To update using RPMs you just downloaded, run rpm -Fvh *.rpm. -F (freshen) is like -U (upgrade) except -U will install a package if it wasn't already on your system. Note that Red Hat only make i686 versions of a handful of packages where it matters most - the kernel, glibc, and openssl. Everything else is in i386.rpm format only, and available in the i386 updates directory. You'll be wanting most of those too if you haven't already downloaded them.


  • #5
    Raz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭Raz


    That's exactly the stuff I needed to know.
    Thanks longwood :)


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