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DNF Fedora package manager

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Start here

dnf check-update
List available updates
sudo dnf upgrade
Install all updates
dnf search <term>
Find a package
dnf info <pkg>
Read package details
sudo dnf install <pkg>
Install a package
sudo dnf remove <pkg>
Uninstall a package
dnf provides <file>
Which package ships a file
dnf history
Browse past transactions

Concepts

  1. Repositories /etc/yum.repos.d
  2. Dependency solver one transaction
  3. RPM transaction install / remove
  4. History undo / rollback

Update and upgrade

dnf check-update
List updates; exit code 100 if any
Exit code 100 means updates exist, 0 none, 1 an error: handy in scripts.
sudo dnf upgrade
Upgrade all packages
sudo dnf upgrade <pkg>
Upgrade one package
sudo dnf upgrade --security
Only security advisories
sudo dnf upgrade --bugfix
Only bugfix advisories
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
Expire metadata first
sudo dnf distro-sync
Match repo versions, even downgrade
sudo dnf upgrade --releasever=<n>
Target another release

Install and remove

sudo dnf install <pkg>
Install a package
sudo dnf install <pkg1> <pkg2>
Install several at once
sudo dnf install ./<file>.rpm
Install a local rpm with deps
sudo dnf remove <pkg>
Remove a package and dependents
Also removes packages that depend on it; read the list before confirming.
sudo dnf autoremove
Remove orphaned dependencies
sudo dnf reinstall <pkg>
Reinstall a package
sudo dnf downgrade <pkg>
Go back to a lower version
sudo dnf install <pkg>-<version>
Install an exact version
sudo dnf swap <old> <new>
Replace one package with another
sudo dnf install --allowerasing <pkg>
Let it remove conflicting packages
sudo dnf install --skip-broken <pkg>
Skip packages that cannot resolve
sudo dnf install --downloadonly <pkg>
Download without installing
sudo dnf install -y <pkg>
Answer yes to prompts
sudo dnf install --enablerepo=<id> <pkg>
Use a repo for this run
sudo dnf install --exclude=<pkg> <pkg>
Leave one package out

Search and inspect

dnf search <term>
Search names and summaries
Several keywords are ANDed; --all makes it match any.
dnf info <pkg>
Show package details
dnf provides <path>
Find the package owning a file
dnf list --installed
List installed packages
dnf list --available
List installable packages
dnf list --upgrades
List packages with updates
dnf list --extras
Installed but in no repo
dnf repoquery -l <pkg>
List files in a package
dnf repoquery --requires <pkg>
Show what a package needs
dnf repoquery --whatrequires <pkg>
Show what depends on it
dnf repoquery --userinstalled
Packages you installed yourself
dnf repoquery --unneeded
Packages autoremove would drop
dnf repoquery -i <pkg>
Package info from the repos
dnf repoquery --installed --duplicates
Find duplicate versions

History and undo

dnf history
List recent transactions
dnf history info <id>
Show what a transaction did
sudo dnf history undo <id>
Revert one transaction
sudo dnf history undo last
Revert the latest transaction
sudo dnf history redo <id>
Repeat a transaction
sudo dnf history rollback <id>
Revert everything after <id>
Rolls back all transactions after the given one, not just that one.
dnf history userinstalled
Packages installed by request

Groups and modules

dnf group list
List package groups
dnf group info <group>
Show a group's packages
sudo dnf group install <group>
Install a whole group
sudo dnf group install --with-optional <group>
Include optional members
sudo dnf group remove <group>
Remove a group
dnf module list
List modules and streams
Modularity is deprecated and will go away in DNF 5.
sudo dnf module enable <name>:<stream>
Enable a module stream

Repos and cache

dnf repolist
List enabled repos
dnf repolist --all
Include disabled repos
dnf repoinfo
Repo details
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled <repo>
Enable a repo permanently
sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled <repo>
Disable a repo permanently
sudo dnf makecache
Rebuild the metadata cache
sudo dnf clean all
Drop all cached data
sudo dnf clean packages
Drop cached rpms only
sudo dnf --refresh <command>
Expire metadata for one run
dnf --disablerepo=<id> <command>
Ignore a repo for one run
dnf --setopt=<opt>=<val> <command>
Override config for one run
sudo dnf mark install <pkg>
Mark as user-installed
sudo dnf mark remove <pkg>
Mark as autoremovable

Recipes

Routine system update
dnf check-updatesudo dnf upgradesudo dnf autoremove
Find and install the tool for a command
dnf provides '*/bin/<cmd>'sudo dnf install <pkg>
Undo a bad install
dnf historydnf history info <id>sudo dnf history undo <id>
Install from a disabled repo once
dnf repolist --allsudo dnf install --enablerepo=<id> <pkg>