On Sunday 01 July 2007, Thufir wrote: >On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:10:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>Whether or not this is possible in Fedora depends upon how they decided >>>to package it. I'm not familiar with Fedora, so I would suggest >>>checking the package contents and dependencies to figure out why. >> >> That means I have to get the package to my machine. Is there such a >> command that will cause yum to download only? > >man yum shows: > > command is one of: > * install package1 [package2] [...] > * update [package1] [package2] [...] > * check-update > * upgrade [package1] [package2] [...] > * remove | erase package1 [package2] [...] > * list [...] > * info [...] > * provides | whatprovides feature1 [feature2] [...] > * clean [ packages | headers | metadata | cache | dbcache | all ] > * makecache > * groupinstall group1 [group2] [...] > * groupupdate group1 [group2] [...] > * grouplist [hidden] > * groupremove group1 [group2] [...] > * groupinfo group1 [...] > * search string1 [string2] [...] > * shell [filename] > * resolvedep dep1 [dep2] [...] > * localinstall rpmfile1 [rpmfile2] [...] > * localupdate rpmfile1 [rpmfile2] [...] > * deplist package1 [package2] [...] > * repolist [all|enabled|disabled] > > >would deplist, repolist, info, do the trick? > deplist might be educational, but a download only, then let me take it apart and copy what I need with mc would be nice. And I don't see that option above. Darnit. > Thanks, Thufir -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) A farmer is a man outstanding in his field.
