Installation instructions

Please select your distribution:
Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS, 9.10, 9.04 Fedora 13	RHEL 4, 5 CentOS 4, 5 Debian 5.0 Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, 9.10, 9.04, 8.04 LTS CloudLinux 5	Virtuozzo OpenVZ EL5

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 Lucid

Looking for the GUI installation instructions?

Please request an access key here, and an access key will be emailed to you. Once you have an access key, you can use that access key on any number of computers that you administer.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt lucid ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt lucid ksplice

Then run the following commands as root:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

You will be prompted for your access key. Once you've entered it, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 Karmic

Looking for the GUI installation instructions?

Please request an access key here, and an access key will be emailed to you. Once you have an access key, you can use that access key on any number of computers that you administer.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt karmic ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt karmic ksplice

Then run the following commands as root:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

You will be prompted for your access key. Once you've entered it, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Desktop 9.04 Jaunty

Looking for the GUI installation instructions?

Please request an access key here, and an access key will be emailed to you. Once you have an access key, you can use that access key on any number of computers that you administer.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt jaunty ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt jaunty ksplice

Then run the following commands as root:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

You will be prompted for your access key. Once you've entered it, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Fedora 13 Goddard

Looking for the GUI installation instructions?

Please request an access key here, and an access key will be emailed to you. Once you have an access key, you can use that access key on any number of computers that you administer.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack

Edit /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf and input your access key (please use the same access key for all of your systems). Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

First, you'll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack or up2date uptrack

Edit /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf and insert your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems. Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on CentOS

First, you'll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Debian 5.0 Lenny

First, you’ll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt lenny ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt lenny ksplice

Then run the following commands as root. Please replace INSERT_ACCESS_KEY with your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
echo 'uptrack uptrack/accesskey string INSERT_ACCESS_KEY' | debconf-set-selections
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on CloudLinux 5

First, you'll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS

First, you’ll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt lucid ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt lucid ksplice

Then run the following commands as root. Please replace INSERT_ACCESS_KEY with your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
echo 'uptrack uptrack/accesskey string INSERT_ACCESS_KEY' | debconf-set-selections
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Server 9.10

First, you’ll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt karmic ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt karmic ksplice

Then run the following commands as root. Please replace INSERT_ACCESS_KEY with your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
echo 'uptrack uptrack/accesskey string INSERT_ACCESS_KEY' | debconf-set-selections
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Server 9.04

First, you’ll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt jaunty ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt jaunty ksplice

Then run the following commands as root. Please replace INSERT_ACCESS_KEY with your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
echo 'uptrack uptrack/accesskey string INSERT_ACCESS_KEY' | debconf-set-selections
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS

First, you’ll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

To enable the Ksplice software repository and install Ksplice Uptrack, create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ksplice.list with the following contents:

deb http://www.ksplice.com/apt hardy ksplice
deb-src http://www.ksplice.com/apt hardy ksplice

Then run the following commands as root. Please replace INSERT_ACCESS_KEY with your access key. Please use the same access key for all of your systems:

aptitude install ca-certificates
wget -N https://www.ksplice.com/apt/ksplice-archive.asc
apt-key add ksplice-archive.asc
echo 'uptrack uptrack/accesskey string INSERT_ACCESS_KEY' | debconf-set-selections
aptitude update
aptitude install uptrack

Once you've done that, please run the following command as root to bring your kernel up to date:

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

First, you'll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack or up2date uptrack

uptrack-upgrade -y

Installing Ksplice Uptrack on OpenVZ

First, you'll need an access key. If you don’t have one, request a free trial.

Download the Ksplice Uptrack repository installation RPM package and run the following commands as root:

rpm -i ksplice-uptrack-release.noarch.rpm
yum -y install uptrack or up2date uptrack

uptrack-upgrade -y

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