RE: More on RPMs

[Uncle Meat]

On 10-May-00 Kevin Hancock opined:
> Hi All
> 
> I have a redhat 6.0 computer (a different one than last time) and I am
> trying to upgrade all the patches redhat recommend I apply on their
> update
> page.
> 
> This is a slow process
> 
> download package
> try to install
> get list of failed dependencies
>     do until satisfied
>         download required package
>         try to install
>         get list of failed dependencies
>     end do
> download next package
> 
> Is there a quick (semi automatic) way to upgrade all packages.

Download all packages, place all in a single directory (minus all kernel
RPMs) and:

        rpm -Uvh *

For kernel packages, install them (rpm -i *) instead of upgrade them. Some
may need to be upgraded (pcmcia-cs comes to mind) rather than installed.
See the instructions at redhat's site.

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