> ok those are related to my particular requirements and not somehow else. > - --download-only is an option and if used in combination with let's say install > it asks > > [install: mod_jk2 2.0.4-4jpp.i386] > Is this ok [y/N]: yum --download-only install foo Will download foo and all of foo's dependencies then it will exit. if you want yum to simply download foo and nothing more then you should just use wget. -sv