Registering Software and Getting Updates from the SUSE LINUX Maintenance Web

From http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/portal, click the sign up here link under the “Get new account” heading to create a SUSE Portal Login and password.
There is then an Activiation/Registration link on that page. This is also the link to access the patch support database.

Go to http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/portal and click the Patch Database link on the Support menu.
Select by product, then find your Novell product in the list and select it (it should be something like “SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server for IA64 (ia64).”
Select the desired update. On the resulting page, select the package link that applies to your distribution to download the package.
NOTE: Not all packages are available for every operating system version.

If running behind a firewall, you may need to modify your proxy settings. This can be done from YaST.
To access YOU:
1. Type you and press Enter.
2. On the “Welcome to YaST Online” screen, use the Tab key to highlight an option and press the space bar to select. When done making your selections, tab to Next at the bottom of the screen and press Enter.
3. Select and install any desired updates.




	NOTE: When presented with a list of packages to update, a plus (+) sign to the left of the package indicates “select this package for update”.

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