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!![Fedora]
Fedora comes with a utility called 'yum'. Red Hat provides a frontend to this called up2date (this used to be the Red Hat network front end). However, if you have a Fedora Core 1 install, up2date is broken as Red Hat signed packages with a key that has now expired. Run
+<pre>
yum update
+</pre>
to download all the package headers (slow the first time) and all the updates packages (also slow the first time.)
It is worth reading the [FAQ] at [Fedora FAQ|http://www.fedorafaq.org/] as this can make updates faster and give you some help.
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!! DebianLinux
If you're running [Stable], add the following line to your AptSourcesList:
+<pre>
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
+</pre>
-Then, every one
in a while do an
-
- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade
+Then, every once
in a while do an:
+<verbatim>
+apt-get update
+apt-get upgrade
+</verbatim>
This will pull the latest security updates from Debian's server. Security packages are stable packages with only the fixes for security vulnerabilities applied. It's normally safe to install updates on a schedule with a script if you're using only security.debian.org - packages in security are very reliable.
If you want to be kept informed about Debian security updates, check out http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/.
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If you're running Testing, you're out of luck. Wait 10 days for the security-fixed-in-unstable patch to filter down to you. If you're running Unstable, security fixes should be quickly integrated into your regular flood of updates.
!! [Gentoo]
+<pre>
emerge -U world
+</pre>
will update all packages - but these are functionality updates as well as security updates, so is generaly not advised.
Instead, run "emerge --sync" then "glsa-check --fix all". You should also check gentoo.org for documentation on dispatch.conf.
