update

xportus · 03-08-2004, 05:35 PM

Hi , i was trying to update my redhat linux system and I tryed to register and it told me that it had problems registering my user name , and i used a normal name like clay. I need to upadte because it's important. could some one help me , and tell me if i did some thing wrong.

ranger_nemo · 03-08-2004, 06:11 PM

Better than up2date is either apt or yum... I would suggest going to freshrpms.net/apt/ , and downloading and installing apt.

With apt, or yum, you don't need to register. The program just calls out to an open-to-the-public server and checks for updates. You can also use either to install new software, or remove software you don't want anymore. Both take care of dependencies.

TheOneAndOnlySM · 03-08-2004, 06:22 PM

if you can access the internet from your redhat box, just go to www.redhat.com and go to security and errata; just download the updates from there and install them with

su (enter root password)
rpm -Uvh name.rpm