Datasheet

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4 Central Software Installation and Update 151
4.1 Setting up a Central Installation Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
4.1.1 Configuration with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
4.1.2 Client Installation Using the Installation Server . . . 155
4.2 Managing Software Updates with the YOU Server . . . . . . 156
4.2.1 Configuring the Local YOU Server . . . . . . . . . . . 156
4.2.2 Configuring the Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
4.3 Booting from the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
4.3.1 Configuring tftpd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
4.3.2 Configuring dhcpd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
4.3.3 Launching the Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
5 Updating the System and Package Management 163
5.1 Updating SUSE LINUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
5.1.1 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
5.1.2 Possible Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
5.1.3 Updating with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
5.1.4 Manual Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
5.2 Software Changes from Version to Version . . . . . . . . . . . 168
5.2.1 From SLES8 to SLES9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
5.3 RPM — the Package Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
5.3.1 Verifying Package Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
5.3.2 Managing Packages: Install, Update, and Uninstall . 175
5.3.3 RPM and Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
5.3.4 RPM Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
5.3.5 Installing and Compiling Source Packages . . . . . . 181
5.3.6 Compiling RPM Packages with build . . . . . . . . . 183
5.3.7 Tools for RPM Archives and the RPM Database . . . 183
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