Thanks! It was my bad. yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5 works, and also yumdownloader kernel-devel-`uname -r` works. But, yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64 does not work; it gives: No Match for argument kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm Regards, Ian. On 9/6/07, Tim Lauridsen <tla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ian Brown wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a machine with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga). > > This machine is subscribed to the Red Hat Network; I can run succesfully > > "yum download rpmPackageName", or use the add/remove Software wizard. > > However, I tried the following: > > First , I installed yum-utils on this machine. > > > > I downloaded yum-utils (the version was 1.0.4). > > The reason for that was that by default yum-3.0.1-5 is > > installed on rhel5 , and I followed and obeyed the following thread: > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2007-April/009748.html > > > > Now after make and make install, I ran: > > $> yumdownloader kernel-devel > > > > It had downloaded kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.x86_64.rpm. > > > > However, I have a **different** version of the kernel on this machine: > > "rpm -q kernel" gives: > > kernel-2.6.18-8.el5 > > and "uname -r" gives: 2.6.18-8.el5 > > > > I have two questions : > > 1) I want to download a specific rpm. In this case, I want to download > > kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm, which corresponds to the kernel > > I am working with. > > I know for sure that this rpm is on the installation disks, and I > > assume it should be in some repository. > > However, as you can see, "yumdownloader kernel-devel" downloaded > > a newer version of the rpm, namely 2.6.18-8.1.8 instead of 2.6.18-8. > > > > Trying to download a specific rpm fails; by specific I mean > > giving the full, exact name of the rpm with the version; I tried: > > "yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm" > > > This should do it. > > yumdownloader kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64 > > > and I got: > > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > > Loading "rhnplugin" plugin > > rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 > > No Match for argument kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5.x86_64.rpm > > > > > > Is there a way to download a specified rpm (when the version is differnet > > when what you get when running "yumdonloader packageName") ? > > > > I of course (needless to say) know of that simple workaround (to install > > form a CD); but I am seeking for a real solution (for example, there are times > > when you can only access that CD from various reasons). > > > > 2) Is there a way in such a case to tell yumdownloader to get a version which > > corresponds to a certain installed rpm (like in this case, kernel-devel > > should correspond to the installed kernel rpm). > > > > > yumdownloader kernel-devel-`uname -r` > > will download the kernel-devel for the running kernel > > Regards, > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > > Yum mailing list > > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
