How To Download a RPM Package Using yum Command Without Installing On Linux
Q. I would like to only download the packages via yum and not install/update them. How do I download a RPM package using yum command under CentOS Enterprise Linux server 5.x or RHEL 5.x systems?
A. You need to install plugin called yum-downloadonly. This plugin adds a --downloadonly flag to yum so that yum will only download the packages and not install/update them. Following options supported by this plugin:
[a] --downloadonly : don't update, just download a rpm file
[b] --downloaddir=/path/to/dir : specifies an alternate directory to store packages such as /tmp
Please note following instructions are only tested on CentOS server but should work with RHN and RHEL without any problem.
How do I install yum-downloadonly plugin?
Type the following command to install plugin, enter:
# yum install yum-downloadonly
Sample output:
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "security" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.mirrors.tds.net * updates: mirror.myriadnetwork.com * addons: mirrors.gigenet.com * extras: holmes.umflint.edu Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum-downloadonly.noarch 0:1.1.10-9.el5.centos set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: yum-downloadonly noarch 1.1.10-9.el5.centos base 9.0 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 9.0 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): yum-downloadonly-1 100% |=========================| 9.0 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: yum-downloadonly ######################### [1/1] Installed: yum-downloadonly.noarch 0:1.1.10-9.el5.centos Complete!
How do I download a RPM package only from RHN or CentOS mirror, without installing it?
Download httpd package but don't install/update, enter:
# yum update httpd -y --downloadonly
By default package will by downloaded and stored in /var/cache/yum/ directory. But, you can specifies an alternate directory to store packages such as /opt, enter:
# yum update httpd -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/opt
Sample output:
yum install httpd -y --downloadonly Loading "downloadonly" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "security" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.mirrors.mypsh.com * updates: mirror.steadfast.net * addons: mirrors.gigenet.com * extras: holmes.umflint.edu Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd.i386 0:2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3 set to be updated filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 2.8 MB 00:03 filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 681 kB 00:11 filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 122 kB 00:00 filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 150 B 00:00 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: httpd i386 2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3 base 1.1 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 1.1 M Downloading Packages: (1/1): httpd-2.2.3-11.el5 100% |=========================| 1.1 MB 00:01 exiting because --downloadonly specified
To see downloaded file, enter:
# ls -l /opt/*.rpm
Sample output:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1116426 Jan 17 03:36 /opt/httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83452 Oct 2 2007 /opt/lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.18-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 635045 Oct 20 2007 /opt/psad-2.1-1.i386.rpm
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October 6th, 2008 (6 days ago) at 8:40 am
Damn… it doesn’t work on CentOS 4.6. Is there way to do this on 4.x branch? Upgrading OS is not an option and yum install yum-downloadonly does not work…
October 6th, 2008 (6 days ago) at 1:14 pm
Grrruk,
Noop, the only way to get it by visiting centos http / ftp mirrors.