How can I use yum to download packages, even if they're installed?

Hybrid_theory · Sep 11, 2011, 07:21 PM

I need the Development Tools package for a CentOS machine on an intranet. So I built a CentOS desktop VM where it can touch the internet to pull down the needed packages. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-...-c-c-compiler/
shows theres 105 packages. When I run the command:

Code:

 yum --downloadonly --downloaddir=. -y groupinstall "Development Tools"

I get 49 that need to be installed. It wont download whats installed already. I found one post that suggested adding --installroot=. to the command. But then yum doesnt like the URL for the repo.

Ideas on how I can get all these packages. The machine I need this on, doesnt even have make or binutils installed, its very barebones.

techlib · Sep 16, 2011, 02:06 PM

Try a different repository:

Code:

#64 bit ISO repo
http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/

Sep 11, 2011, 07:21 PM	#1
Hybrid_theory Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ontario canada Posts: 1,702 (0.75/day) Thanks: 114 Thanked 167 Times in 149 Posts System Specs	How can I use yum to download packages, even if they're installed? I need the Development Tools package for a CentOS machine on an intranet. So I built a CentOS desktop VM where it can touch the internet to pull down the needed packages. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-...-c-c-compiler/ shows theres 105 packages. When I run the command: Code: yum --downloadonly --downloaddir=. -y groupinstall "Development Tools" I get 49 that need to be installed. It wont download whats installed already. I found one post that suggested adding --installroot=. to the command. But then yum doesnt like the URL for the repo. Ideas on how I can get all these packages. The machine I need this on, doesnt even have make or binutils installed, its very barebones. __________________ xboxlive: Hybrid461 PSN: ryan461 Steam account: Hybrid_theory409

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Sep 16, 2011, 02:06 PM	#2
techlib Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Try a different repository: Code: #64 bit ISO repo http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/

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