Patch Downloader utility for Oracle Enterprise Linux
The Patch Downloader utility for Oracle Enterprise Linux provided by BMC uses a configuration file to download metadata and payload from the Oracle website.
Creation of a patch catalog requires that the following packages are pre-installed on the server that hosts the patch repository:
Package | Tested version |
|---|---|
createrepo | 0.4.6 |
pythonurlgrabber | 2.9.6 |
Note the following:
- You do not require createrepo and pythonurl-grabber if you are using a Microsoft Windows server to run the Patch Downloader utility.
- The versions above were used for testing and validation. Later versions of these packages are known to work but have not been officially qualified with the product.
- Ensure that your Linux machine has the glibc.i686 library installed. Alternatively, you can ensure that the JRE version is upgraded to 1.8 or later.
The downloader is either oel_downloader.bat (for running on Microsoft Windows) or oel_downloader.sh (for running on UNIX). To install, extract the file and place it in a directory on the server.
The following topics explain how to build the configuration files and how to use the downloader utility for Oracle Enterprise Linux:
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