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Running the Patch Downloader utility for Oracle Enterprise Linux

The following procedures describe running the Patch Downloader utility and extracting RPM packages from files using the ISO format.

To run the Patch Downloader utility for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Enter the following command:

sh oel_downloader.sh -configFile "<downloaderConfigurationFilePath>"
-oelUser "<oelUserName>" -oelPass "<oelPassword>"

This command uses the following variables:

<downloaderConfigurationFilePath>

The location of the Configuration File used by the Patch Downloader. Quotation marks around the path are required.

<oelUserName>

The user name required to log onto the Oracle Enterprise Linux website. Quotation marks around the path are required.

<oelPassword>

The password required to log onto the Oracle Enterprise Linux website. Quotation marks are required.

To extract packages from ISO

Enter the following command:

sh oel_downloader.sh -extractPackagesFromISO -repoLocation "<patchRepositoryFilePath>" -isoLocation "<isoFilePath>" -osArch "<operatingSystemArchitecture>"
Warning

Note

You must execute the extractPackagesFromISO command on a Linux computer only.

This command uses the following variables:

<patchRepositoryFilePath>

The local location of the patch repository used by the Patch Downloader. Quotation marks around the path are required.a

<isoFilePath>

The location of the ISO from which RPMs are extracted. Quotation marks around the path are required.

<operatingSystemArchitecture>

An OS/architecture combination; for example, OELES5x86. Quotation marks are required.

 

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