Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Options

--arch= arch

Install the package for the specified architecture. Not valid with -u, --list, or --dry-run.

--configure

Configure the Update Agent. Puts up a graphical window that lets you configure proxy and authentication information, retrieval options, and packages and files to skip.

--channel channels

Specify the channels to use.

-d, --download

Download the specified package, but do not install it.

--dbpath path

Specify the path to an alternate RPM database. The default path is /var/lib/rpm.

--dry-run

Go through the motions, but don’t actually download and install any packages.

--exclude packages

Exclude packages in the comma-separated list packages from being installed or updated.

-f, --force

Force package installation. Overrides file, package, and configuration skip lists.

--get

Download the packages, but don’t resolve any dependencies.

--get-source

Download the source package. Don’t resolve any dependencies.

--gpg-flags

List the flags that will be used when GPG is invoked. Useful for scripts that want to invoke GPG the way up2date does.

-h, --help

Print a help message and exit.

-i, --install

Download and install the package. Overrides configuration option. Cannot be used with --download.

--installall

Install all available packages on the channel specified by --channel.

--justdb

Add packages to the database, but do not install them to the filesystem.

-k, --packagedirdirs

Use the colon-separated list of directories to search for packages.

-l, --list

List packages available for update. ...