where do wget rpms go?

ergo_sum · 06-08-2005, 09:53 AM

Hello All:

I am using wget to upgrade since my yum install is "broken" and I can't seem to uninstall (segmentation fault error).
So I'm using wget to upgrade to rh 9 from rh 7.3, and from 9 to the fc's.
Since wget doesn't seem to do the complete job that yum does (dependencies and actual install), I'm thinking of using wget to create a yum repository and then upgrade yum (with dependencies) and go from there.
My question?
Where do the wget downloaded rpms go?

All relevant replies greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

ergo_sum

Ephracis · 06-08-2005, 10:01 AM

wget is only used to download an url. If you wget a rpm you should find that rpm inside your current dir. Just do a ls and it should be there.

ergo_sum · 06-08-2005, 10:22 AM

I beg to differ. wget was the de facto tool for upgrading rh os before switching to yum and pre Fedora Core.
My command line is :
wget -r -l1 --no-parent -A.*rpm http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/os/i386/

And a "ls" didn't get me any rpm list, and I've downloaded quite a few. So they're not in my "current directory.
So, again, where do the rpms go when downloaded using wget.

ergo_sum

mhallbiai · 06-08-2005, 10:26 AM

have you tried searching for the file after download. wget should give output of a file it downloaded. try locating it by name.

Code:

find / -name just-downloaded.rpm

or

Code:

updatedb && locate just-downloaded.rpm

hope this helps

Ephracis · 06-08-2005, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ergo_sum
I beg to differ. wget was the de facto tool for upgrading rh os before switching to yum and pre Fedora Core.

My point was that wget is only designed to download files given an url. If you would read the man pages for wget you see:

Quote:

GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web.

It is not design to run .rpm-files itself, therefore it is not designed to upgrade/install software. Just downloading files.

And all my downloads with wget has always gone to the dir where I have sent the command. After you have followed mhallbiai's suggestions please tell me where you found the downloads, since I am curious.

Regards.

ergo_sum · 06-09-2005, 11:46 AM

Sure thing.
It'll be a few hours but will do.

ergo_sum

ergo_sum · 06-12-2005, 02:46 PM

Well, it's been more than a few hours, but here it is:
My command w/ wget was as follows:

wget -r -l1 --no-parent -A *.rpm http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/os/i386/

wget creates a folder sort of mirroring the Fedora Legacy repository: i.e, :
file:/home/ergo_sum/download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/os/i386

That's the good part.

ergo_sum