equivalent to hp-ux depot

[joe_91]

is there any equivalent to hp-ux depot in linux where you can have the patch/software on one machine and distribute it to other boxes?

Thanks

Joe

[Stuart Browne]

Depending on the distribution you are using depends on what is available.

RedHat have the 'up2date' framework. For their AS products, they have the ability to create local depot's and distribute from there.

For Fedora boxes, you can set your own Yum repository up.

I'm sure SuSE and other distro's have their own methods.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

it can be done in many ways. In addition to methods in previous posts I can add the following :

1) the most primitive way - just put RPMs into some directory accessible to other linux boxes via ftp and/or http. "rpm" utility knows to install from ftp/http souces

2) the most expensive way - buy some commersial product for provisioning - like Zenworks and so on.

[George Liu_4]

RHEL use RHN Ssatellite to host rpm packages. You can point all other clients to it or use a RHN proxy that in in turn could point the upstream to your own satellite server or directly to the Redhat RHN server.

[Ivan Krastev]

Also you can maintain packages with apt utilities.

regards,
ivan