Update CentOS / Redhat

14 November 2019 by martijn

First check your running kernel version (not really necessary):

uname -s -r

Now check if there are updates available:

yum list updates 'kernel*'

Update the kernel:

yum update kernel

Reboot your system

Great, now let’s update the software packages

Check for updates:

yum check-update

You’ll see all available updates.
If you only want one:

yum update name_of_package

Or just be done with it and update all:

yum update