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Old January 30th, 2002, 08:26 PM
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downloading rpms without browser

I'm new to Linux, so you may have to excuse this question, but....

isn't there a way to download an rpm from a ftp site without having a browser installed on the system. I can look up the urls on another machine, but instead of having to burn each new rpm i need onto a cd...

Redhat specifically.
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Old January 30th, 2002, 11:35 PM
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well if you have access to a terminal on the machine then all you need to do is make sure you have a net connection then login and type:
ftp domainname.com
then login in anonymously or supply a u/pw and browse to the rpm file directory, you can use the cd command or if it doesn't work just type help for a list of possible commands. once in the directory containg the rpm file type:

get whatever.rpm /the/directory/to/where/you/want/it

then just type quit to exit the ftp and run the rpm
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Old January 31st, 2002, 03:38 AM
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if you don't have a ftp-client...
try "wget yourURL"

p.s. ncftp is much better than ftp

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Old March 1st, 2002, 06:30 AM
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just use lynx
lynx is a text-based browser...

if u are behind a firewall, see its config file (/etc/lynx.cfg) for configuration.
read man page for more info...

USAGE:
lynx <url> (ftp or html) or <file>

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Some redhat systems don't install lynx by default, they use 'links' instead, so if 'lynx' doesn't give you any love, try the other one.

I think lynx is actually better, but links renders tables.

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