ZENworks Agent 55novdocx (en) 7 January 2010Installer, and Remover provide users with a simple way to manage software, and the process isintegrated into the managed device’s desktop. If a rich user interface is required, you should use therug command line interface to accomplish these same tasks. For more information, see Section 4.4,“rug,” on page 46.In previous versions of ZENworks Linux Management, these three applets were combined in oneuser interface. In ZENworks Linux Management 6.x, the client interface was called Red Carpet® . InZENworks 7 Linux Management, the client interface was called the ZENworks Linux ManagementUpdate Client. Software Updater, Installer, and Remover replace Red Carpet and the ZENworksLinux Management Update Client.The following sections contain information about each applet: Section 6.3.1, “Updating Software,” on page 55 Section 6.3.2, “Installing Software,” on page 58 Section 6.3.3, “Removing Software,” on page 61 Section 6.3.4, “Viewing System Preferences,” on page 62 Section 6.3.5, “Editing System Preferences,” on page 636.3.1 Updating SoftwareWith the Software Updater, you can easily apply updates to your software with just a few clicks. Atstartup, the Software Updater automatically checks for updates to your system from the sourcesspecified in the Software Updater configuration.The following sections contain additional information: “Launching the Software Updater” on page 55 “Configuring Package Sources” on page 56 “Selecting Update Catalogs” on page 57 “Selecting and Applying Updates” on page 58Launching the Software Updater1 Launch the Software Updater by navigating to /opt/novell/zenworks/bin and runningzen-updater with root privileges. To run it as a daemon, run zen-updater &.The Software Updater icon appears in the notification area (GNOME) or the system tray(KDE) of your panel as an icon depicting a globe, which changes to an orange circle with anexclamation point in it when updates are available.The first time you exit the Software Updater, you will be asked if you want it to load on startup.If you choose Yes, you can access the Software Updater from the notification area or systemtray rather than by running zen-updater from the command line each time you want to launchthe applet.The rug command-line utility also lets you perform software and user management through theZENworks Agent on a managed device. For background information on the underlying rugcommand and its configuration options, see Section 4.4, “rug,” on page 46.
