How can I download a rpm to a local repository?

Question

I have a local repo that has some rpms in it. The repo xmls etc are up to date.

When I find an rpm I don't have, I want to be able to download it, not install it obviously, and put that rpm into the repo dir.

I see I can use zypper install --download-only <packagename> but this seems to only work when I haven't got the package installed on my box, else it says 'already' installed. It also doesn't allow me to state the version/edition/rev of the package I want.

This is no good to me.

How can I get a rpm from my active repositories and store it to a specified location? I don't mind installing a new tool if zypper aint the way to go.

Solution 1

Search the repositories and see the details (all versions and architectures, repositories) - example for python-base:

zypper search --details  python-base

Download the specified version of the RPM package without installing. Package can be already installed and it won't be changed.

zypper -v install -f --download-only 'python-base=2.6.0'

Find the downloaded RPM file:

find /var/cache/zypp/packages/ -name 'python-base*'

Solution 2

zypper -f install should do a reinstall.

Try that "-f" in your command.

Comments

[Fearghal]

What about the req to install a specific rev of package?