---
name: "lhapdf-getdata"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-lhapdf"
version: "5.9.1-5"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lhapdf-getdata"
---

# lhapdf-getdata(1)

Get PDF sets from the LHAPDF repository

## NAME

lhapdf-getdata - Get PDF sets from the LHAPDF repository

## SYNOPSIS

**lhapdf-getdata** \[*--main*\] \[*--all*\] \[*--repo=URL*\] \[*--dest=DEST*\] \[*--dryrun*\] \<name\|number\> \[\<name\|number\> ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

-

  Grab PDF grid and param files from the LHAPDF repository and install them into the local LHAPDF data directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--repo**=*URL*

  Base URL of online sets repository (http://www.hepforge.org/archive/lhapdf/pdfsets/current)

- **--dest**=*DEST*

  PDF sets directory to install to (/usr/share/lhapdf/PDFsets)

- **--all**

  Get ALL sets (this will be hundreds of megabytes... be careful!)

- **--list**

  Just list available files

- **--force**

  Overwrite existing files

- **--dryrun**

  Don't actually do any downloading

- **-Q**, **--quiet**

  Suppress normal messages

- **-V**, **--verbose**

  Add extra debug messages

## EXAMPLES

- Show all available sets:

  lhapdf-getdata **--list**

- Get all NNPDF PDFs with pattern matching:

  lhapdf-getdata NNPDF

- Get CTEQ6L1, CTEQ66, MRST-S LO\* and LO\*\* PDFs with pattern matching:

  lhapdf-getdata CTEQ6ll CTEQ66 lomod MCal

- Get MSTW2008 68% confidence PDF by full name:

  lhapdf-getdata MSTW2008lo68cl.LHgrid

- See how much downloading would be involved in getting all PDF sets:

  lhapdf-getdata **--all** **--dryrun**

- I'm hardcore, give me the whole collection:

  lhapdf-getdata **--all**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun \<lifongsun@gmail.com\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).