Chapter 17. Your Next Steps
Fedora provides you with a complete operating system with a vast range of capabilities, supported by a large community.
17.1. Updating Your System
The Fedora Project releases updated software packages for Fedora throughout the support period of each version. Updated packages add new features, improve reliability, resolve bugs, or remove security vulnerabilities. To ensure the security of your system, update regularly, and as soon as possible after a security announcement is issued. Refer to Section 17.4, “Subscribing to Fedora Announcements and News” for information on the Fedora announcements services.
An update applet reminds you of updates when they are available. This applet is installed by default in Fedora. It checks for software updates from all configured repositories, and runs as a background service. It generates a notification message on the desktop if updates are found, and you can click the message to update your system's software.
To update your system with the latest packages manually, use the Software Updater:
Choose → → .
When prompted, enter the
rootpassword.To review the list of updated packages, select Review updates.
Click to begin the update process.
If one or more updates require a system reboot, the update process displays a dialog with the option to . Either select this option to reboot the system immediately, or it and reboot the system at a more convenient time.
To update packages from the command-line, use the
yum utility. Type this command to begin a full
update of your system with yum:
su -c 'yum update'
Enter the root password
when prompted.
Refer to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/ for
more information on yum.
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Ensure that your system has an active network connection before
you run the Update Software tool, or the
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If your Fedora system has a permanent network connection, you may choose to enable daily system updates. To enable automatic updates, follow the instructions on the webpage http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/sn-updating-your-system.html.