\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Aim}{1}{section.1} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Background}{1}{section.2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}The RPM Package Manager}{1}{subsection.2.1} \contentsline {paragraph}{Building RPM Packages}{2}{section*.2} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Procedure}{2}{section.3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Mounting the network drive}{2}{subsection.3.1} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Installing Updates Manually}{3}{subsection.3.2} \contentsline {paragraph}{The Organisation of the Updates:}{3}{section*.3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}Applying Updates Automatically: Setting up \texttt {rpmfind}}{7}{subsection.3.3} \contentsline {paragraph}{An Overview of Configuring \texttt {rpmfind}:}{7}{section*.4} \contentsline {paragraph}{Setting up \texttt {rpmfind}}{7}{section*.5} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}Running \texttt {rpmfind}}{9}{subsection.3.4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5}How to Automatically Download the Updates?}{10}{subsection.3.5} \contentsline {paragraph}{For sites with a number of Linux machines:}{10}{section*.6} \contentsline {paragraph}{For only one Linux computer:}{11}{section*.7} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.6}Running rpmfind automatically}{11}{subsection.3.6} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.7}Remote upgrade with rpmfind}{11}{subsection.3.7}