# UPDATE: Retreiving without installing

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/update-retreiving-without-installing/35559>\
**Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Server\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-retreiving-without-installing/35559 "2021-04-16T13:37:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![alessandro.marano-ci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@alessandro.marano-ci](https://forums.suse.com/u/alessandro.marano-ci)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-retreiving-without-installing/35559/1 "2021-04-16T13:37:17Z")

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I work on a SuSE SLES12 SP5 and I would like to retrieving rpms without installing them because I want to optimize the time of my work.  
Is it possible to retrieve rpms with zypper and install them in a second time?

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/update-retreiving-without-installing/35559/2 "2021-04-16T15:49:52Z")

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@“[alessandro.marano-cic@ibm.com](mailto:alessandro.marano-cic@ibm.com)” Hi, yes just use the `--download-only or -d` switch;

```auto
zypper up --help
zypper up --download-only

```

For any of the zypper commands you can add the `--help` option to see what switches are available 😉