# Packages and Patches Updates

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23013>\
**Category:** SLED Updates\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23013 "2012-08-24T02:03:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![scottjsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@scottjsn](https://forums.suse.com/u/scottjsn)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23013/1 "2012-08-24T02:03:14Z")

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After installed the SLED 11 R2, went to YaST2 → Support → two choices relevant:

1. Novell Customer Center Configuration and

2. Support (floating ring icon)

If I select the Novell Customer Center Configuration–\> fill in my registered email → Browser starts checking the available packages. It then returns message: Software repositories did not to be changed.

But if I select the Support icon → Open Novell Support Center → Novell Patch Finder → SLED 11 R2 → It returns a long list of the current patches (Some are mandatory, others recommended).

It looks like there is no package to update, but there are patches available for updates. For such a long list of patches, is there a better and more efficient way for me to update them? (rather than download and update one by one)

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23013/2 "2012-08-24T02:27:03Z")

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> [@scottjsn](#):
>
> After installed the SLED 11 R2, went to YaST2 → Support → two  
> choices relevant:
> 
> 1. Novell Customer Center Configuration and
> 
> 2. Support (floating ring icon)
> 
> If I select the Novell Customer Center Configuration–\> fill in my  
> registered email → Browser starts checking the available packages. It  
> then returns message: _Software repositories did not to be changed._
> 
> But if I select the Support icon → Open Novell Support Center →   
> Novell Patch Finder → SLED 11 R2 → It returns _a long list of the  
> current patches_ (Some are mandatory, others recommended).
> 
> It looks like there is no package to update, but there are patches  
> available for updates. For such a long list of patches, is there a  
> better and more efficient way for me to update them? (rather than  
> download and update one by one)

Hi  
Either YaST online update (You), the packagekit update icon which  
runs from time to time or via the commandline;

```auto
zypper ref
zypper lu
zypper up
```

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.38-0.5-default  
up 1 day 22:11, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 0.52, 0.51  
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

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**Author:** ![dirkmueller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/dirkmueller/32/11354_2.png) [@dirkmueller](https://forums.suse.com/u/dirkmueller)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23013/3 "2012-08-24T11:08:18Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> If I select the Novell Customer Center Configuration–\> fill in my registered email → Browser starts checking the available packages. It then returns message: Software repositories did not to be changed.

this sounds a bit like the registration did not succeed. Unfortunately the frontend is not very good at showing you the error message. what is the output of:

```auto
egrep -o -- '<subscription.*>' /root/.suse_register.log
```