DNF download Plugin

Download binary or source packages.

Synopsis

dnf download [options] <pkg-spec>...

Arguments

<pkg-spec>
Package specification for the package to download. Local RPMs can be specified as well. This is useful with the --source option or if you want to download the same RPM again.

Options

All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.

--help-cmd
Show this help.
--arch <arch>[,<arch>...]
Limit the query to packages of given architectures (default is all compatible architectures with your system). To download packages with arch incompatible with your system use --forcearch=<arch> option to change basearch.
--source
Download the source rpm. Enables source repositories of all enabled binary repositories.
--debuginfo
Download the debuginfo rpm. Enables debuginfo repositories of all enabled binary repositories.
--downloaddir
Download directory, default is the current directory (the directory must exist).
--url
Instead of downloading, print list of urls where the rpms can be downloaded.
--urlprotocol
Limit the protocol of the urls output by the –url option. Options are http, https, rsync, ftp.
--resolve
Resolves dependencies of specified packages and downloads missing dependencies in the system.
--alldeps
When used with --resolve, download all dependencies (do not skip already installed ones).

Examples

dnf download dnf
Download the latest dnf package to the current directory.
dnf download --url dnf
Just print the remote location url where the dnf rpm can be downloaded from.
dnf download --url --urlprotocols=https --urlprotocols=rsync dnf
Same as above, but limit urls to https or rsync urls.
dnf download dnf --destdir /tmp/dnl
Download the latest dnf package to the /tmp/dnl directory (the directory must exist).
dnf download dnf --source
Download the latest dnf source package to the current directory.
dnf download rpm --debuginfo
Download the latest rpm-debuginfo package to the current directory.
dnf download btanks --resolve
Download the latest btanks package and the uninstalled dependencies to the current directory.