Section 8 · System administration

dnf4-download.8

Package: dnf-plugins-core

DNF4-DOWNLOAD

NAME
SYNOPSIS
ARGUMENTS
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

NAME

dnf4-download − DNF download Plugin

Download binary or source packages.

SYNOPSIS

dnf download [options] <pkg−spec>…

ARGUMENTS

<pkg−spec>

Package specification for the package to download. Local RPMs can be specified as well. This is useful with the −−source option or if you want to download the same RPM again.

OPTIONS

All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details. **
−−help−cmd**

Show this help.

−−arch <arch>[,<arch>…]

Limit the query to packages of given architectures (default is all compatible architectures with your system). To download packages with arch incompatible with your system use −−forcearch=<arch> option to change basearch.

−−source

Download the source rpm. Enables source repositories of all enabled binary repositories.

−−debuginfo

Download the debuginfo rpm. Enables debuginfo repositories of all enabled binary repositories.

−−downloaddir

Download directory, default is the current directory (the directory must exist).

−−urlInstead of downloading, print list of urls where the rpms can be downloaded.

−−urlprotocol

Limit the protocol of the urls output by the −−url option. Options are http, https, rsync, ftp.

−−resolve

Resolves dependencies of specified packages and downloads missing dependencies in the system.

−−alldeps

When used with −−resolve, download all dependencies (do not skip already installed ones).

EXAMPLES

dnf download dnf

Download the latest dnf package to the current directory.

dnf download −−url dnf

Just print the remote location url where the dnf rpm can be downloaded from.

dnf download −−url −−urlprotocols=https −−urlprotocols=rsync dnf

Same as above, but limit urls to https or rsync urls.

dnf download dnf −−destdir /tmp/dnl

Download the latest dnf package to the /tmp/dnl directory (the directory must exist).

dnf download dnf −−source

Download the latest dnf source package to the current directory.

dnf download rpm −−debuginfo

Download the latest rpm−debuginfo package to the current directory.

dnf download btanks −−resolve

Download the latest btanks package and the uninstalled dependencies to the current directory.

AUTHOR

See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

COPYRIGHT

2025, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+