How to download a file without installing?

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 17 April 2008 15:42, Todd Denniston wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote, On 04/17/2008 10:05 AM:
> > On Thursday 17 April 2008 02:54:22 pm Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >>> I have a bug report open regarding the PCMCIA card in my old laptop. 
> >>> I'm told that system-config-network-1.5.5 should fix it, but of course
> >>> without the card working I have no connection.
> >>>
> >>> I've browsed the yum commands, but don't see any way to download the
> >>> file to this computer so that I can transfer it to the laptop.  Can yum
> >>> do this, or do I have to look for it some other way?
> >>
> >> # yum install yum-utils
> >> # yumdownloader <foo>
> >
> > Hmm - problem.  It's already installed on this box, so it tells me that
> > there's nothing to download.
> >
> > Anne
>
> fc8??
> fc9??
kde-rawhide

> In F8
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/system-co
>nfig-network-1.4.7-1.fc8.noarch.rpm And In F9 I am only seeing
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/Pack
>ages/system-config-network-1.5.6-1.fc9.noarch.rpm available now.
> You might have to drop back to finding it on a koji(?) if you need THAT
> exact version, and it does not appear in /var/cache/yum/*/?ackages of the
> machine you are trying to pull with.
>
I used a pbone search and found the 1.5.6 version.  I downloaded it to a usb 
drive, copied it onto the desktop of the old laptop, then attempted to start 
konsole for a localinstall.  Konsole won't run.

The old laptop is underspec'ed, I know, but I was hoping to use it for any 
more risky testing.  As it looks at the moment I'm going to have to report 
that I can't test this fix :-(

Anne