yumdownloader
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Updated: 2005 Nov 28
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NAME
yumdownloader
SYNOPSIS
yumdownloader [options] package1 [package2...]
DESCRIPTION
yumdownloader is a program for downloading RPMs from Yum repositories.
GENERAL OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
Help; display a help message and then quit.
- --destdir DIR
-
Specify a destination directory for the download. Defaults to the current directory.
- --urls
-
Instead of downloading RPMs, list the URLs that would be downloaded.
- --resolve
-
When downloading RPMs, resolve dependencies and also download the required packages.
- --source
-
Instead of downloading the binary RPMs, download the source RPMs.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Yumdownloader inherits all other options from yum. See the yum(8) man page
for more information
EXAMPLES
- Download the kernel RPM to /var/tmp:
-
yumdownloader --destdir /var/tmp kernel
- List the URL for the kernel and kernel-smp RPMs:
-
yumdownloader --urls kernel kernel-smp
FILES
As yumdownloader uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it
relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which repositories
to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/
/var/cache/yum/
SEE ALSO
yum.conf (5)
http://yum.baseurl.org/
AUTHORS
See the Authors file included with this program.
BUGS
There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be sent
to the mailing list: yum@lists.baseurl.org or filed in trac.