If you have not configured your system toinstall security patches or updates automatically, then you need to do it manually. In this article, we will show you how to check and install software updates on CentOS and RHEL distributions. To check for any updates available for your installed pack...
The ask here is to install a specific version of the package when multiple versions are available. By default when you do not specify a version for a package, latest version gets installed. The procedure below requires you to be logged in as root. 1. clean the yum cache directory # ...
When you access your server this time around, you will notice an additional ‘Private‘ folder. To access the folder, you will be required to authenticate with the Samba user’s credentials. Provide the username and password of the user you created in the previous step and click ‘OK’. Sa...
A while ago, we learned how tofind a package version in Linux. Today, we will see how to find if a package is installed or not in Linux and Unix operating systems. Finding installed packages in GUI mode is easy. All we have to do is to Just open the Menu or Dash, and enter the...
Applying package updates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Before installing an update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied. To access updates when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, launch the graphical update tool throughApplications->System Tools->Software...
You'll also need to have the cockpit-system package for the Cockpit server-administration tool installed on each of the RHEL hosts. I'll cover how to install this package on the hosts using Satellite, in case you don't already have it installed. It's also important to note that several...
First, enable theCodeReady Linux Builder repository. You already have access to it; you just need to enable it. On CentOS Stream: $sudodnf config-manager --set-enabled crb On RHEL: $sudosubscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms ...
# yum install --downloadonly --downloaddir=<directory> <package> Confirm the RPM files are available in the specified download directory. Note: Before using the plugin, check/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/downloadonly.confto confirm that this plugin is "enabled=1" ...
Fix Broken Packages on Fedora/CentOS and RHEL Although YUM and DNF are great when it comes to managing broken packages automatically, sometimes problems do arise as there are thousands of packages installed on a Linux system. In such situations, you can use RPM, the base package manager for ...
RPM offers tools to query the database of installed packages, providing details on the installed software versions, when they were installed, and required dependencies. Atomic Transactions RPM ensures that every activity succeeds when installing or updating a software package. In case of a problem du...