[CentOS] forcing yum to download but not install

[cliff here]

Oh but keep in mind if you enable keep cache in your repo file it will
still install them, just it will keep a copy as well. Keep that in mind.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM, cliff here <c4ifford at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can use the yum download-only plugin, or you can enable a keep cache
> variable in your /etc/yum.repos.d/yourfile.repo. Don't remember the syntax
> off the top of my head. However a quick google search should turn them both
> up.
>
> Other option if you want to sync a repo you can check out an application
> called cobbler.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> Is there any way to fake a "yum update" just to get yum to force a
>> download
>> of all the files it needs, without actually installing them.
>>
>> I finally have a RPM cache/proxy working and I just want to populate it.
>> The server I want to actually update cannot be updated until tomorrow but
>> I'd like to do a fake update just to force the RPMs into my cache so they
>> will all be pre-downloaded.
>>
>> I don't see anyway from the man page to do this.
>>
>> thanks,
>> -Alan
>>
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