Update system

[hangyu]

Looking for a way to download every and all package from RedHat Network for ES 3 to a local directory.

I know RH need to pay money to subscription before launching Up2Date , is there free or evaluation way to run update ?

thx in advance.

[Gopi Sekar · Accepted solution]

No free evaluation is available as I know.

The whole purpose of having up2date is to get users to pay for package updates, otherwise people are smart enough to have multiple evaluation logins to download all errata updates :)

Anyway You can try on RHN website by creating your own login, earlier when RH had desktop versions they used to give free access for all desktop edition updates.

Hope I am clear and this is helpful,
Gopi

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

AFAIK, when you create account for evaluation, you'll receive access to updated RHEL software, e.g. RHEL 3 update 5 CDs images/RPMS

[peterchu]

thx reply , I have register and get the latest version of source rpm , but I don't want to re-install the OS , I just want to update the patch ( like run the up2date ) , is it possbile ? thx

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

you can download all RPMs and run

rpm -Fv *.rpm

for non-kernel packages and

rpm -i kernel*.rpm

for kernel.

[peterchu]

thx reply , could advise where can I download all the rpm , I hv register it but it don't provide the rpm for download , please suggest ? thx

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

what do you see under "channels"?

[peterchu]

the reply again ,

I only found the latest src program as below but not the patch . thx


Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for 32-bit x86) 1465 0
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL ES (v.4 for x86) 94 0
RHEL ES (v. 4 for x86) Beta 269 0
RHEL ES (v. 4 for x86) Extras 20 0
RHEL ES (v. 4 for x86) Extras Beta 8 0
RHEL ES (v. 4 for x86) SDK Beta 1 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86) 1227 0
Red Hat Application Server 1.0 (ES for i386) 358 0
Red Hat Application Server Beta (ES for i386) 234 0
Red Hat Developer Suite (for ES x86) Beta 2 0
Red Hat Developer Suite 1.0 (for ES x86) 2 0
Red Hat Developer Suite 2.0 (ES for i386) 15 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86) Beta 197 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86) Extras 45 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86) Extras Beta 1 0
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 3 ES (i386) 94 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1 for i386) 1165 0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1 for x86) Beta 71 0
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 2.1 ES (i386) 96

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

press on "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 for 32-bit x86)" and go to "downloads" - you'll see ISO images of installation CDs.
You may download individual packages by going to "packages"; but first way seems to me the best.

And not, you cannot download only new packages.