Re: Yumdownloader and downloading a fully specified rpm package

Ian Brown wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a machine with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga).
> This machine is subscribed to the Red Hat Network; I can run succesfully
> "yum download rpmPackageName", or use the add/remove Software wizard.
> However, I tried the following:
> First , I installed yum-utils on this machine.
>
> I downloaded yum-utils (the version was 1.0.4).
> The reason for that was that by default yum-3.0.1-5 is
> installed on rhel5 , and I followed and obeyed the following thread:
> https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2007-April/009748.html
>
> Now after make and make install, I ran:
> $> yumdownloader kernel-devel
>
> It had downloaded kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.x86_64.rpm.
>
> However, I have a **different** version of the kernel on this machine:
> "rpm -q  kernel" gives:
> kernel-2.6.18-8.el5
> and "uname -r" gives: 2.6.18-8.el5
>
> I have two questions :
> 1) I want to download a specific rpm. In this case, I want to download
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm, which corresponds to the kernel
> I am working with.
> I know for sure that this rpm is on the installation disks, and I
> assume it should be in some repository.
> However, as you can see, "yumdownloader kernel-devel" downloaded
> a newer version of the rpm, namely 2.6.18-8.1.8 instead of 2.6.18-8.
>
> Trying to download a specific rpm fails; by specific I mean
> giving the full, exact name of the rpm with the version; I tried:
> "yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm"
>   
This should do it.

yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64

> and I got:
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
> rhel-x86_64-server-5      100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00
> No Match for argument kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm
>
>
> Is there a way to download a specified rpm (when the version is differnet
> when what you get when running "yumdonloader packageName") ?
>
> I of course (needless to say) know of that simple workaround (to install
> form a CD); but I am seeking for a real solution (for example, there are times
> when you can only access that CD from various reasons).
>
> 2) Is there a way in such a case to tell yumdownloader to get a version which
> corresponds to a certain installed rpm (like in this case, kernel-devel
> should correspond to the installed kernel rpm).
>
>   
 yumdownloader kernel-devel-`uname -r`

will download the kernel-devel for the running kernel
> Regards,
> Ian
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Tim