# Linux OS Patching

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## [About the Linux OS Patching category](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/about-the-linux-os-patching-category/27)

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**Author:** [@admin](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/admin)\
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## [What are the Linux OS Flavors supported by SapphireIMS for Linux OS Patch Management?](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/what-are-the-linux-os-flavors-supported-by-sapphireims-for-linux-os-patch-management/37)

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**Author:** [@rupam.sharma](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/rupam.sharma)\
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**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/what-are-the-linux-os-flavors-supported-by-sapphireims-for-linux-os-patch-management/37 "2020-12-30T03:59:10Z")

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Following are the Linux OS Flavors supported by SapphireIMS for Linux OS Patch Management: Red Hat (RHEL) Debian Ubuntu CentOS SUSE openSUSE Fedora Linux Mint (SapphireIMS 5.7.0.0 onwards) Oracle Enterprise Linux

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## [How to perform patch management in the ubuntu OS?](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-to-perform-patch-management-in-the-ubuntu-os/674)

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**Author:** [@dharmaraj.pillai](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/dharmaraj.pillai)\
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**Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-to-perform-patch-management-in-the-ubuntu-os/674 "2021-09-02T06:31:30Z")

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For ubuntu flavors we should create an explicit job to download the cab file using the menu path Settings → IT Automation → Automation Tasks → Patch Management → Ubuntu Cab File Creation Specify the value 3 for “…