[rhn-users] Installing packages from RHEL FasTrack via RHN

[Bret McMillan]

J E wrote:
> Ok, maybe I'm missing it, but I'm still getting the hang of things in 
> RHN-land.
> 
> I'm testing out the Push update features, and I'd like to install a few 
> packages from the FasTrack channel  - but it seems I can't quite figure 
> out what I need to do. I've added that channel to the host in question, 
> but the packages I want still don't show up when I got to "Install 
> Packages" and look for them.
> 
> Can I do it this way? Or do I have to download and install them by 
> hand?  (I'm guessing if I really wanted to, Yum would do it on the host 
> side, too?)
> 

If your system is subscribed to the channel, you should be able to 
schedule installs/updates, as well as using the commandline clients 
(up2date, yum).

Please note that some views via the webui differentiate between 
installing new applications, and updating existing ones; you might want 
to check the "Update" screens as well.

--Bret