Up2date

Short description: Linux package management tool

up2dateWritten in| Python[1]

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Operating system| Linux
License| GNU General Public License

up2date, also known as the Red Hat Update Agent, is a tool used by older versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Fedora Core that downloads and installs new software and upgrades the operating system. It functions as a front-end to the RPM Package Manager and adds advanced features such as automatic dependency resolution. The file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources specifies where up2date will search for packages.

## Contents

* 1 Tool
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Tool

By default, Red Hat Enterprise Linux's up2date retrieves packages from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, though users can add directories full of packages or even Debian and yum repositories if they wish.

up2date on Fedora Core defaults to retrieving packages from yum repositories. Again, other sources can be added (apart from RHN, which is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Specific). As of Fedora Core 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, up2date is no longer shipped with the distribution; yum is used instead.

CentOS's up2date downloads packages from yum repositories on the CentOS Mirror Network .

## See also

* Package management system

## References

1. ↑ "RPM resource up2date - source code". rpmfind.net. http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=up2date.

## External links

* up2date at redhat.com
* yum/up2date transitioning from up2date to yum

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Linux package management systems

dpkg|

* APT
* KPackage
* Synaptic
* Ubuntu Software Center
* aptitude
* dselect

RPM|

* APT-RPM
* DNF
* up2date
* urpmi
* Rpmdrake
* YUM
* ZYpp

Embedded systems|

* ipkg
* opkg

Distribution-agnostic|

* AppImage
* Flatpak
* GNU Guix
* Nix
* pkgsrc
* Snappy

Others (binary)|

* Conary
* Entropy
* netpkg
* pacman
* PiSi
* PPM
* slackpkg
* slapt-get
* swaret
* upkg

Others (source)|

* Sorcery
* Portage

Front-ends|

* Autopackage
* Listaller
* PackageKit
* Discover
* GNOME Software
* Apper
* Zero Install

Related topics|

* AppData
* AppStream
* Package format

* List
* Category
* Commons
* Italics indicates a discontinued or inactive package management system.

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Red Hat

Major products|

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux
* Directory Server
* Cluster Suite
* GFS2
* WildFly (JBoss)
* Fedora
* Virtual Machine Manager
* Anaconda
* ABRT
* Ceph
* GlusterFS
* yum
* RPM
* Satellite
* CloudForms
* SPICE
* Ansible
* CentOS

Services|

* RHN
* OpenShift

Projects|

* Fedora Project
* FreeOTP
* Spacewalk

Defunct|

* Red Hat Linux
* Red Hat Database
* Fedora Legacy
* Mugshot

Important people|

* Jim Whitehurst
* Matthew Szulik
* Bob Young
* Marc Ewing
* Michael Tiemann

Mergers and acquisitions|

* Mergers and acquisitions
* C2Net
* Cygnus Solutions
* Inktank Storage
* JBoss
* MetaMatrix
* Qumranet

Related|

* Red Hat Certification Program
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives

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