dnf
Table of Contents
- 1. Help
- 2. Repositories
- 3. Search package by
keyword - 4. List which package provides
/path/to/file - 5. List installed packages
- 6. List upgradable packages
- 7. List files installed by
package - 8. List packages depending on
package - 9. Remove packages whose name starts with
foo - 10. Remove unneeded packages
- 11. Package groups
- 12. Set Vim as default editor
- 13. Related nodes
- 14. References
1. Help
Reminder that man and --help are great sources when using DNF,
--help is available in many places (e.g. dnf group list --help)
and there are many manpages for subcommands etc.
2. Repositories
Every repositories has an ID (repoid).
2.1. List enabled repositories and their ID
dnf repolist
2.2. Detailed repository info
dnf repoinfo <repoid>
2.3. List installed packages from repoid
dnf list --installed | grep "<repoid>$"
2.4. Enable repository
dnf config-manager setopt <repoid>.enabled=1
2.5. Disable repository
dnf config-manager setopt <repoid>.enabled=0
3. Search package by keyword
The optional --all will search for keyword in more metadata fields (see dnf info <package> for metadata fields)
dnf search [--all] <keyword>
4. List which package provides /path/to/file
When searching for a file specify the full path or use a wildcard
dnf provides '*/bin/echo'
5. List installed packages
dnf list --installed dnf repoquery --installed
6. List upgradable packages
dnf list --upgrades dnf repoquery --upgrades
7. List files installed by package
dnf repoquery --list newsboat
8. List packages depending on package
There are many --what.. options (see man 8 dnf-repoquery), --whatdepends list all depending packages
dnf repoquery --whatdepends kernel-headers | column
9. Remove packages whose name starts with foo
dnf remove 'foo*'
10. Remove unneeded packages
dnf autoremove
11. Package groups
11.1. List installed packages group
dnf group list --installed
11.2. Install @virtualization package group
dnf install @virtualization
11.3. Package group details
dnf group info virtualization
11.4. Remove @libreoffice package group
dnf group remove libreoffice
12. Set Vim as default editor
dnf install vim-default-editor --allowerasing