# Packages and Patches Updates

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23014>\
**Category:** SLES Updates\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23014 "2012-08-24T02:04:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23014/1 "2012-08-24T02:04:14Z")

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

```
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: [B]Software repositories did not to be changed.[/B]

But if I select the Support icon --> Open Novell Support Center --> Novell Patch Finder --> SLED 11 R2 --> It returns [B]a long list of the current patches [/B](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, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/packages-and-patches-updates/23014/2 "2012-08-24T02:30:01Z")

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> [@scottjsn](#):
>
> After installed the SLES 11 R2, went to YaST2 → Support → two  
> relevant choices :
> 
> 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  
There are no differences in the core system between SLES and SLED, just  
ask in here if it’s a server specific issue, else either forums but  
please don’t multipost the same question 😉

I’ve answered your query in the SLED forum.

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.38-0.5-default  
up 1 day 22:13, 2 users, load average: 0.44, 0.49, 0.50  
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU