how to upgrade those package?

[Sean O Sullivan]

jim martin wrote:

>>yum update should take care of everything except
>>mysql, you'll have to
>>get those rpms from mysql
>>
>>Travis R.
>>    
>>
>
>Sorry for posting in Fedora as I found here got more
>reader.  Actually I am using RHEL.  I found there is
>no yum in my RHEL.  What -bash: yum: command not found
>
>And when I type up2date -i yum, I could not find the
>package on the net. How to install yum?  May I know
>whether yum is only for Fedora? What is the different
>between yum and up2date?
>
>
>  
>
firstly yum can handle mysql fine ...mysql is a default application on 
most installs ....
anyway,

if you have up2date, you don't need yum ... up2date is for 
installing/updating packages on RHEL, typing 'up2date' without any 
arguements/options gives you usage list, so to install 'up2date -i program'
i believe the '-u' switch will upgrade, it also has such switches as 
"--upgrade-to-release=<release-version>"
Using up2date to isntall yum, is like driving to the garage in your car 
to buy your first car :)

Regards,

Sean