To check which packages are available for an update.
yum check-update |
packages
Ubuntu Packages Kept Back
If you see packages are being kept back in Ubuntu, you can run the following to force an update.
sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade |
Local RPM Install
Steps for creating a local RPM package installation.
# download plugin yum install yum-plugin-downloadonly # download package and dependencies yum install --downloadonly reiserfs # download package and dependencies to a specific directory yum install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/home/ec2-user package # download multiple packages yum install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/root/mypackages/ package1 package2 # finally install package rpm -ivh -r /home/ec2-user package.rpm |