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Red hat / CentOS / Fedora Send Yum Package Update Notification Via Email

February 5, 2009February 28, 2009in CentOS, Fedora Linux, Linux, Monitoring, Networking, Package Management, RedHat and Friends, Security, Suse, Troubleshooting last updated February 28, 2009

I know how to send package update email notification under Debian / Ubuntu Linux. How do I send Automatic Email Notification under RHEL v4/5, CentOS, Red Hat and Fedora Linux, when security & package updates available? How do I force yum to send an email when upgrades available?

FreeBSD List All Outdated Package

January 9, 2008January 9, 2008in FreeBSD, Openbsd, Package Management, UNIX last updated January 9, 2008

Q. How do I know what packages are available to be updated on my FreeBSD Server system? How do I list all outdated packages under FreeBSD / OpenBSD operating system?
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RedHat Linux: Apply Package Updates from the Red Hat Network ( RHN )

January 6, 2008November 10, 2008in CentOS, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated November 10, 2008

Q. How do I apply package updates from the Red Hat Network under RHEL 5.x operating systems?

Linux List All Outdated Packages Which Could be Updated and Applied to System

January 3, 2008January 4, 2008in BASH Shell, CentOS, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated January 4, 2008

Q. How can I know what packages are available for binary update under Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Linux version 5 server? How do I list all outdated packages? How do I apply update / patches to system?
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Debian / Ubuntu Linux: List All Packages Which Could be Updated and Applied to System

December 3, 2007January 3, 2008in BASH Shell, Debian / Ubuntu, Package Management, Ubuntu Linux last updated January 3, 2008

Q. How do I know what packages are available to be updated on my Debian / Ubuntu Linux system?

A. You can use standard command line utility called apt-get or GUI tool called Synaptic Update-Manager.

List all packages which could be updated

To list outdated package use apt-get command has following two options:
=> -u : Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be upgraded.
=> upgrade : It is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system

Type the following command at shell prompt:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get -i upgrade
Output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  debconf debconf-i18n e2fslibs e2fsprogs file findutils klibc-utils libblkid1 libc6 libc6-i686 libcomerr2 libklibc libkrb53 libmagic1
  libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libss2 libssl0.9.8 libuuid1 linux-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 locales perl perl-base
  perl-modules tar tzdata
28 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 39.6MB of archives.
After unpacking 148kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

To updated just say yes to prompt – “Do you want to continue”. Alternatively, you can type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade

Synaptic GUI Package Update Notifier

Synaptic works hand-in-hand with Update-Manager to inform you about updates to the software installed on your system. If software or security updates are available, Update-Manager will display a pop-up message and an icon in the notification area on your GNOME desktop. To update your system, click on the notification icon, enter your password and click OK.

(Fig. 01: Synaptic GUI Package Update Notifier [ Image credit Ubuntu Project] )