How-to Manually Install Updates

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Last Updated for InterWorx version 2.1.0

No special prerequisites.

Sometimes it may become necessary to update the system manually from the command line. This how-to will explain the process of running the yum command. Note that while the yum command is the same across different distributions of Linux, the output of yum will vary slightly between distributions.

1. SSH in to the server.

2. su to the root user

3. Run:

   [root@test-box ~]# yum update
   

4. You will see output similar to the following:

   1. If there are updates to be made, you will be given a list of packages that will be updated or installed and a prompt:

      Is this ok [y/N]:
      

      Enter y to continue with the update. Otherwise, enter n to abort the update.

   2. If there are no updates to be made, you will see a message similar to:

      No Packages Available for Update
      No actions to take
      

      or

      No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion