dnf-download

Download RPM packages without installing

TLDR

Download a package to the current directory

$ dnf download [package]

Download to a specific directory

$ dnf download [package] --destdir [path/to/directory]

Download a package and all its dependencies

$ dnf download --resolve [package]

Download the source RPM of a package

$ dnf download --source [package]

Print the URL instead of downloading

$ dnf download --url [package]

SYNOPSIS

dnf download [options] package [package...]

dnf download downloads RPM packages from configured DNF repositories without installing them. It is part of the dnf-plugins-core package. Useful for obtaining packages for offline installation, inspection, or distributing to air-gapped systems.

PARAMETERS

--destdir dir

Download destination directory. Defaults to the current directory.

--url

Print the download URL to stdout instead of downloading.

--source

Download the source RPM instead of the binary package. Enables source repositories automatically.

--resolve

Also download all uninstalled dependencies of the specified packages.

--alldeps

When used with --resolve, download all dependencies (including already installed ones).

--arch arch

Limit to packages of the given architecture.

CAVEATS

Requires dnf-plugins-core to be installed. Downloaded packages are not automatically installed. When using --resolve, only missing dependencies are downloaded by default.