The yumdownloader command can be used to download but not install a package. The yumdownloader command is included in the yum-utils package.

yum install yum-utils

In this example, yumdownloader is used to download the httpd package. This will download an RPM. The RPM command can be used to install the package.

yumdownloader httpd
. . .
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached host
file * base: mirror.es.its.nyu.edu * extras: mirrors.gigenet.com * updates: mirror.nexcess.net
httpd-version.rpm

--destdir

By default, the RPM of the package will be downloaded into the present working directory. The --destdir option can be used to specify a directory for the RPM.

yumdownloader --destdir /home/<username>/Downloads httpd

Following are commonly used yum commands.

• yum search (display information about a package)
• yum info (display information about a package)
• yum list (list installed and available packages)
• yum provides (determine the package that provides a file)
• yumdownloader (download a package)
• yum install (install a package)
• yum update (update a package)
• yum remove (uninstall a package)
• yum erase (uninstall a package)

Alternatively, the Ansible yum module can be used to automate the process of managing packages.