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yumdownloader(1) yumdownloader(1) 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 down- loaded. --resolve When downloading RPMs, resolve dependencies and also download the required packages. --source Instead of downloading the binary RPMs, download the source RPMs. 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 repos- itories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details: /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum/repos.d/ /var/cache/yum/ SEE ALSO yum.conf (5) <a href="http://linux.duke.edu/yum/" title="http://linux.duke.edu/yum/">http://linux.duke.edu/yum/</a> 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: <a href="mailto:yum@lists.linux.duke.edu">yum@lists.linux.duke.edu</a> or filed in bugzilla. Gijs Hollestelle 2005 Nov 28 yumdownloader(1)