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 |
Linode Linux Package Mirrors
One way to speed up the Linux package updates is to use a package mirror made available by Linode. They are hosted in all six of their data centers. Just pick a data center where your data is Linode server is located by doing the following.
Edit your sources list
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list |
Search and replace
# Replace this address http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ # with the new address http://fremont.mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/ # you can also use this - returns round robin of all locations http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu/ |
The next time you run a Linux update, it will be significantly faster.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade |