I personally find yum much better than up2date. But for starters: yum check-update will show you updates that are available. yum update should update everything for you. man yum should tell you the rest. ;) Romeo On 10/4/07, Sandor W. Sklar <ssklar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > So, having a bunch of RHEL4 systems, I'm used to running "up2date" > for various software installation and upgrade tasks, and I feel > pretty comfortable with it, which is why RHEL5, which we're just > starting to deploy, switched to "yum." > > Can anyone point me to an "idiot's guide" for going from up2date to yum? > > Specifically, I'm used to doing things like: > > up2date --dry-run foobar > > ... to see if the package foobar is available, and what its > dependancies are > > up2date -u > > ... to update all the currently installed "non-kernel" RPMs already > on the systems > > up2date -uf > > ... to update everything, including the kernel and kernel-module RPMs > > Thanks, > -s- > > -- > Sandor W. Sklar, Unix Systems Administrator > Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) > <http://library.stanford.edu> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Romeo Theriault System Administrator Information Technology Services Ph#: 207-561-3517 Em@: romeo.theriault@xxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
