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9 yumdownloader [options] package1 [package2...]
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12 yumdownloader is a program for downloading RPMs from Yum repositories.
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15 -h, --help
16 Help; display a help message and then quit.
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18 --destdir DIR
19 Specify a destination directory for the download. Defaults to
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22 --urls Instead of downloading RPMs, list the URLs that would be down‐
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26 When downloading RPMs, resolve dependencies and also download
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30 Instead of downloading the binary RPMs, download the source
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34 Yumdownloader inherits all other options from yum. See the yum(8) man
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39 Download the kernel RPM to /var/tmp:
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42 List the URL for the kernel and kernel-smp RPMs:
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46 As yumdownloader uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information,
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65 There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first
66 consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
67 unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-
68 devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
69 for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report
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75Gijs Hollestelle 28 November 2005 yumdownloader(1)