[rhn-users] RPM.

[Alfred Hovdestad]

I used to do the same thing for upgrades - download the new rpm's to a 
single machine and install on other machines from there.  I don't have 
the script that I used to use, but IIRC what I did was

rpm -Fvh /mnt/point/*

That will upgrade all packages installed from the rpm's downloaded to 
/mnt/point but only if a previous version was installed on the local system.

    Alfred Hovdestad
    University of Saskatchewan



Manuela Lo Bosco wrote:
> Hy, I installed for the first time ever Linux Enterprise AS V.3 on three 
> servers: (A) an application server, (B) a database server and (C) a 
> general purpose server, this one used for connecting to RedHat Network 
> and download RPM upgrades.
> 
> I successful configured up2date tool on the general purpose server (C) 
> and receive updates on my host. I choose to not install automatically 
> the RPM packages.
> 
> Unfortunately there is a big problem: using rpm -F or rpm -i often cause 
> dependency problems forcing me to give more and more rpm command by 
> command line. I also built a shell script trying to do the job 
> automatically. But the database server (B) is on a DMZ, behind a 
> firewall and has installed only a subset of RPMs. The application server 
> (A) too and they haven't an internet connection or X for security 
> reason. Every server has also a particular profile as for type and 
> number of installed RPMs.
> 
> So, updating three or more servers (we are planning to expand the number 
> of linux server) is a very difficult and time expensive process.
> 
> I thought that upgrading was more simple and that installer resolved 
> every dependency of the package t obe installed.
> 
> Could you tell me if there is a tool (Apt I heard) that i can use to 
> solve my problem ? Or a reference where to find documentation ?
> 
> I would appreciate an helping hand.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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