Upgrading the Distribution and Adding Packages

How to Upgrade a CentOS 3.x Distribution

You must be the zone administrator in the lx branded zone to perform this procedure.

1. Upgrade a CentOS 3.x distribution to a different version by using yum upgrade or up2date.

   For instructions, see the documentation available at http://www.centos.org.

How to Upgrade a Red Hat 3.x Distribution

You must be the zone administrator in the lx branded zone to perform this procedure.

1. Update a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x distribution to a different version by using up2date.

   For instructions, see the documentation available at http://www.redhat.com.

How to Upgrade a Package

You must be the zone administrator in the lx branded zone to perform this procedure.

1. To update a package, use one of the following methods.

   • yum update package_name

   • rpm -U package_name

Using yum and rpm

yum:

• The document Software Management with Yum includes a chapter on installing software from an isolated package. See http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum.

• yum.conf(5)

• yum(8)

rpm:

• See How do I install or upgrade an RPM package? at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_35_198.shtm.

• rpm(8)