# Update Security only

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/update-security-only/22014>\
**Category:** SLES Updates\
**Created:** [November 10, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-security-only/22014 "2011-11-10T13:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-security-only/22014/1 "2011-11-10T13:16:02Z")

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Hi there,  
I am trying to update SLES 10 SP2 against my recently built SMT  
server. I thought if I ran “zypper up apache2” for example that it would  
only update apache2 but it keeps listing the updates as if it were going  
to update every rpm installed..  
Is it possible to only update specific packages with their needed -  
security patches?  
Any info would be great.  
The version of zypper is 0.6.106  
Rgds

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-security-only/22014/2 "2011-11-10T16:45:08Z")

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:16:02 GMT  
fahyconor [fahyconor@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:fahyconor@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote:  
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> Hi there,  
> I am trying to update SLES 10 SP2 against my recently built SMT  
> server. I thought if I ran “zypper up apache2” for example that it  
> would only update apache2 but it keeps listing the updates as if it  
> were going to update every rpm installed…  
> Is it possible to only update specific packages with their needed -  
> security patches?  
> Any info would be great.  
> The version of zypper is 0.6.106  
> Rgds
> 
> [/color]  
> Hi  
> zypper isn’t supported, you need to use the rug commands for SLE 10.

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop  
up 1 day 16:34, 3 users, load average: 0.03, 0.13, 0.14  
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-security-only/22014/3 "2011-11-10T18:59:21Z")

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On 10/11/2011 14:45, malcolmlewis wrote:  
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> zypper isn’t supported, you need to use the rug commands for SLE 10.[/color]

To add to Malcolm’s response (and pre-empt a possible question), zypper  
is only included in SLES10 as a technology preview and as such is not  
really supported (it’s there ready for SLES11 where it is both supported  
and preferred).

## HTH.

Simon  
Novell Knowledge Partner (NKP)

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