How do I download a package from the "access.redhat.com" Customer Portal site?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Customer Portal

Issue

  • Not able to find a required package on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
  • How do I download a specific package from the Customer Portal?
  • How can I find out which channel a package is associated with?
  • How do I download an rpm package manually?

Resolution



* Before checking the customer portal for packages, first check if system is registered on RHN/CDN.


The required packages can be downloaded & installed using yum if system is registered on RHN/CDN, eg:.

# yum search glibc
# yum install glibc



* If the system is not registered, or does not have the required repositories, then search for required package on the Customer Portal.

  • Go to Customer Download Page and choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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  • Choose Product Variant, Version and Architecture then select Packages
    02_choose_vartiants.png



  • Enter package name in Filter field and wait until search completes
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  • Now the latest version of package can be downloaded directly via Download Latest or click package name on the left for further details
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  • On the details page different versions and if applicable architectures can be selected. Different channels, source and debug packages aside the changelog can be found on this page
    05_package_details.png

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