Verify the installation of SAS® Viya® hot fixes in your Linux environment


This SAS KB article explains how to verify that SAS Viya hot fixes have been properly installed in your Linux environment.

Step 1: Find the Relevant Hot-Fix Package

  1. Go to the Technical Support Hot Fixes home page.
  2. In the Hot Fix Quick Links menu box on the left, click SAS Viya.
  3. On the SAS Viya Hot Fix Availability page, select your product.
    Note: On the individual product pages, each row represents a fix and has the following format: <SAS Note ID number> <SAS Note title> <Date published> Manifest View link
  4. Click the Manifest View link to view the installation package files used to deliver the fix, as shown below:
    Note: The following example shows information from the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux page.
     mainfest view.png

  5. The manifest view shows the packages that contain the hot fix:
    expanded manifest.png

Step 2: Validate That the Hot-Fix Package Is Installed

Use this step to validate that the hot-fix package is installed. The instructions vary for different Linux distributions.

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Linux, and Yocto Linux (SAS® Event Stream Processing Products)

On these Linux distributions, use the rpm command. The man page for rpm (man rpm) contains usage information.

To query for a single package, use the following command:

 

rpm -q <package-name>
 

Here is an example:

If you need to determine whether sas-visual-pipeline-1.15.10-20190225.1551120744177.x86_64.rpm has been installed, use the portion of the package name that precedes the version numbers, as shown below:

 

rpm -q sas-visual-pipeline
 

To list all installed SAS packages and sort them alphabetically, run the following command:

 

rpm -qa | grep sas- | sort
 

If the output of the rpm command shows a package that matches or is newer than the version from the Manifest View page, the hot fix has been applied.

On Ubuntu Linux (SAS Event Stream Processing Products)

On this Linux distribution, use the dpkg command. The man page for dpkg (man dpkg) contains usage information.

To query for a single package, use the following command:

dpkg -s <package-name>

Here is an example:

If you need to determine whether sas-espbase_5.1.1-20180227.074315378901_amd64.deb has been installed, use the portion of the package name that precedes the version numbers, as shown below:

dpkg -s sas-espbase

To list all installed SAS packages, run the following command:

dpkg -l | grep sas-

If the output of the dpkg command shows a package that matches or is newer than the version from the Manifest View page, the hot fix has been applied.