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Additionally, there is a possibility to update your system automatically.
Click ‘Configure Fully Automatic Update’ to configure a process that auto-
matically looks for updates and applies them on a regular basis. This pro-
cedure is fully automated and does not require any interaction. This only
works if a connection to the update server, such as an Internet connection,
exists at the time of the update.
To perform the update, click ‘Next’. For a manual update, this loads a list
of all available patches and starts the package manager, described in Sec-
tion 2.3.4 on page 56. In the package manager, the filter for YOU patches is
activated, enabling selection of updates to install. Patches recommended
for installation are preselected. Normally, accept this suggestion.
After making your selection, click ‘Accept’ in the package manager. All se-
lected updates are then downloaded from the server and installed on your
machine. Depending on the connection speed and hardware performance,
this may take some time. Any errors are displayed in a window. If neces-
sary, skip the respective package. Prior to installation, some patches may
open a window displaying details, allowing you to confirm the installation
or skip the package.
While the updates are downloaded and installed, track actions in the log
window. Following the successful installation of all patches, exit YOU with
‘Finish’. If you do not need the update files after the installation, delete
them with ‘Remove Source Packages after Update’. Finally, SuSEconfig
is executed to adjust the system configuration as needed.
In addition to operation from the YaST interface, the YaST Online Up-
date can also be run from the command line. The desired actions are,
in this case, passed as command line parameters: online_update
[parameters]. The available parameters are displayed in the following
list along with their purpose.
-u URL Base URL of the directory tree from which the patches should be
fetched.
-g Download the patches without installing them.
-i Install already fetched patches without downloading anything.
-k Check for existing new patches.
-c Show current configuration without further action.
-p product Product for which patches should be fetched.
-v version Product version for which patches should be fetched.
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