Where does yum save the RPM files it downloads?
I believe what you are looking for is /var/cache/yum/<repo>/packages
. This directory is expunged during package cleanup.
You can search for a file by name with the find
command. An example: find / -name 'package.rpm'
Wildcards are supported. find -name 'package*.rpm'
I verified today that on RHEL 6.7, the files are stored in /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6Server/rhel-6-server-rpms/packages/
.
It is also worth noting that the plugin downloadonly
is included in RHEL 6:
# yum install yum-downloadonly
Package yum-plugin-downloadonly-1.1.30-30.el6.noarch is obsoleted by yum-3.2.29-69.el6.noarch which is already installed