Red Hat NETWORK - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 2.0 User Reference Manual

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Section 1.3:Before You Begin 131.3 Before You BeginRed Hat Network is available for Red Hat Linux 6.2. Refer to Chapter 7, Using Red Hat Network withRed Hat Linux 6.2 for details on installing the necessary packages.By default, all the software packages you need to use Red Hat Network are installed with Red HatLinux 7. However, if you chose not to install them during the installation process or performed anupgrade to Red Hat Linux 7, you might not have the Red Hat Network Registration Client or the RedHat Update Agent installed. To verify that the Red Hat Network Registration Client is installed, typethe following command:rpm -q rhn_registerIf the Red Hat Network Registration Client is installed, it will return something similar torhn_register-1.0-7The version number might differ slightly if you have a newer version installed.If you do not have Red Hat Network Registration Client installed, the command will returnpackage rhn_register is not installedPerform this check for every package in Table 1–1, Red Hat Network Packages. If you do not want touse the graphical versions, you do not have to install the two packages ending in gnome.Table 1–1 Red Hat Network PackagesPackage Name Descriptionrhn_register Provides the Red Hat Network Registration Client program and the textmode interfacerhn_register-gnome Provides the GNOME interface (graphical version) for the Red HatNetwork Registration Client; runs if the X Window System is availableup2date Provides the Red Hat Update Agent command line version and the RedHat Network Daemonup2date-gnome Provides the GNOME interface (graphical version) for the Red HatUpdate Agent; runs if the X Window System is availableIf the packages are not installed, they can be found on the Red Hat Linux 7 CD 1 in the RedHat/RPMSdirectory or downloaded from the Red Hat FTP site available at ftp://ftp.redhat.com (or from a RedHat FTP mirror available at http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html). Always check the Red Hat erratapage, available at http://www.redhat.com/errata, for package updates.