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Patch for Debian User's Guide
BigFix Patch for Debian provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints.
Managing security updates with Patch for Debian
Access Debian Fixlets sites for Debian updates from the BigFix console.
Deploying patches by using Fixlets
This topic describes how to deploy Patches by using Fixlets.

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BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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- Patch for Ubuntu User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Ubuntu provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Ubuntu endpoints.
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- Patch for Debian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Debian provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints.
  - Overview
    BigFix Patch for Debian provides unified, real-time visibility, and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints from a single console. It keeps your Debian clients current with the latest packages.
  - Managing security updates with Patch for Debian
    Access Debian Fixlets sites for Debian updates from the BigFix console.
    - Deploying patches by using Fixlets
      This topic describes how to deploy Patches by using Fixlets.
    - Patches for Debian Fixlet sites
      Debian updates are available through the Debian website.
    - Superseded Fixlets
    - Installing multiple package baselines
      With BigFix Patch you can combine the installation of updates for multiple packages in a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the baseline installation.
  - Frequently asked questions
    Learn from these questions and answers that are designed to help you better understand BigFix Patch for Debian.
- Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.
- Patch for Raspbian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Raspbian provides Fixlets that you use to manage the latest updates and service packs that Raspberry Pi releases. These Fixlets are available through the Patches for Raspbian sites.
- Patch for Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide
  BigFix® for Virtual Endpoint Manager provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches in a virtual environment.
- Supersedence for Non-Windows
  This topic describes how supersedence works in Patch.

Deploying patches by using Fixlets

This topic describes how to deploy Patches by using Fixlets.

About this task

From the console, select the action for the appropriate Fixlets that you want to deploy. The action propagates throughout your deployment and applies patches based on the settings that you make in the Fixlet work area and the Take Action dialog box.

Deploy the Debian Fixlets from the BigFix Console:

Procedure

In the BigFix Management domain, click Management Sites.
From the BigFix Management navigation tree, click External Sites. The navigation tree expands.
Select the correct version of Patches for Debian.
From the list panel on the right, double-click the Fixlet to deploy.

The Fixlet opens in the work area. Click the individual tabs to review details about the selected Fixlet.
Click the link in the Actions group to start the deployment. The Debian website opens to display the package information and links to download files.

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