Feature changed by: Eduardo Sotomayor (Easgs) Feature #308846, revision 3 Title: Option to "download only" rpm files in cache openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Eduardo Sotomayor (easgs) Description: In yast, there is the option when setting up software repositories to keep rpm files in cache after a software installation, it would be good to have too an option "Download only", with this option you will be able to get a program with all its dependencies ready to install later in a computer without internet without affecting the current system. This option is available in ubuntu apt-get with the option -d Discussion: #1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-01-19 01:38:38) keeppackages=1 in /etc/zypp/repo.d/*, isn't it? + #2: Eduardo Sotomayor (easgs) (2010-01-19 16:04:10) + I don’t know if it is my bad English or I can not explain myself, but + it is the second time that someone misunderstands a feature of mine, I + am not talking about just keeping the files in a cache folder, that is + already possible, check this out + + http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/391222-create-offline-repo-ymp-file.... + + it its also possible with the command zypper mr -ka + + I am talking about a graphical Yast option (checkbox), not a command + line option, to just download the files without installs them, that way + you can get the program with all the dependencies without modifying + your system, lets say you have a friend that needs a program but he + doesn’t have internet at home, you have internet but don’t want the + program installed in your system just to get the rpm files, you are a + casual user so you don’t like very much the command line, that is where + the Yast graphical checkbox option to “Download Only” become useful. + -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308846