n0rbert/rpm-download

Shell script for downloading rpm-package(s) from modern RPM repositories

rpm-download

Shell script for downloading rpm-package(s) from modern RPM repositories

Under the hood this script uses Docker to obtain minimal file-system of needed system release. And then it download package(s) to the storage sub-directory and saves the list of download URL(s) in storage/urls.txt file. The created Docker images will be named with rd- prefix, you can remove them manually later.

The rpm-download.sh takes at least three pairs of arguments, as shown in example below:

./rpm-download.sh -d alt -r p8 -p mc

• -d (distribution, mandatory) - alt for ALTLinux, fedora for Fedora, mageia for Mageia, openmandriva for OpenMandriva, opensuse for OpenSuSe, rosa for ROSA, rockylinux for Rocky Linux, almalinux for AlmaLinux, redos for RedOS;
• -r (release, mandatory) - supported versions are the following: ALTLinux from p8 to sisyphus, Fedora from 22 to rawhide, Mageia from 7 to cauldron, OpenMandriva - 4.2 and cooker, OpenSuSe from leap to tumbleweed, Rosa - only 2021.1, Rocky Linux from 8.4, AlmaLinux from 8.4, RedOS - only latest, MSVSphere from 8 to latest;
• -p (with quotes for multiple packages, mandatory) - represent package(s) name(s) - in the above example it is single mc package. For two packages use "mc htop" (for example);
• -s (get source code of package(s), optional);
• -a (enable Autoimports for ALTLinux, optional);
• -t extra repository in three possible formats - <URL of .repo-file> or "<URL> <LABEL>" (Fedora, OpenSuSe, Mageia, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, RedOS), full rpm sources.list line (ALTLinux) (optional).

Note: if you have configured proxy in your network, then you can supply its address as the argument to the application - http_proxy=http://192.168.12.34:8000 ./rpm-download.sh -d alt -r p8 -p mc .

How to start using this script:

1. Install Docker and dependencies to the host system

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install docker.io git
   

2. Add current user to the docker group

   sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER
   

   then reboot machine.

3. Clone this repository

   cd ~/Downloads
   git clone https://github.com/N0rbert/rpm-download.git
   

4. Fetch some random rpm-package

   cd rpm-download
   chmod +x rpm-download.sh
   ./rpm-download.sh -d alt -r p9 -p fslint
   

5. Carefully inspect the contents of storage folder, then try to install main rpm-package to the target system, then fix its dependencies one-by-one.

   Please also note that this storage folder will be cleared on next run of the script!

Warning: author of this script can't provide any warranty about successful installation of downloaded rpm-packages on the target system. Be careful!