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Command: alias

Allows the user to define and manage a list of aliases (in the form <name=value>), which can be then used as dnf commands to abbreviate longer command sequences. For examples on using the alias command, see Alias Examples. For examples on the alias processing, see Alias Processing Examples.

To use an alias (name=value), the name must be placed as the first "command" (e.g. the first argument that is not an option). It is then replaced by its value and the resulting sequence is again searched for aliases. The alias processing stops when the first found command is not a name of any alias.

In case the processing would result in an infinite recursion, the original arguments are used instead.

Also, like in shell aliases, if the result starts with a \, the alias processing will stop.

All aliases are defined in configuration files in the /etc/dnf/aliases.d/ directory in the [aliases] section, and aliases created by the alias command are written to the USER.conf file. In case of conflicts, the USER.conf has the highest priority, and alphabetical ordering is used for the rest of the configuration files.

Optionally, there is the enabled option in the [main] section defaulting to True. This can be set for each file separately in the respective file, or globally for all aliases in the ALIASES.conf file.

dnf alias [options] [list] [<name>...]

dnf alias [options] add <name=value>...

dnf alias [options] delete <name>...

dnf alias list

Lists all defined aliases.

dnf alias add rm=remove

Adds a new command alias called rm which works the same as the remove command.

dnf alias add upgrade="\upgrade --skip-broken --disableexcludes=all --obsoletes"

Adds a new command alias called upgrade which works the same as the upgrade command, with additional options. Note that the original upgrade command is prefixed with a \ to prevent an infinite loop in alias processing.

If there are defined aliases in=install and FORCE="--skip-broken --disableexcludes=all":

• dnf FORCE in will be replaced with dnf --skip-broken --disableexcludes=all install
• dnf in FORCE will be replaced with dnf install FORCE (which will fail)

If there is defined alias in=install:

• dnf in will be replaced with dnf install
• dnf --repo updates in will be replaced with dnf --repo updates in (which will fail)

Command: autoremove
Aliases for explicit NEVRA matching: autoremove-n, autoremove-na, autoremove-nevra

dnf [options] autoremove

dnf [options] autoremove <spec>...

There are also a few specific autoremove commands autoremove-n, autoremove-na and autoremove-nevra that allow the specification of an exact argument in the NEVRA (name-epoch:version-release.architecture) format.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: check

dnf [options] check [--dependencies] [--duplicates] [--obsoleted] [--provides]

Command: check-update
Aliases: check-upgrade

dnf [options] check-update [--changelogs] [<package-file-spec>...]

Non-interactively checks if updates of the specified packages are available. If no <package-file-spec> is given, checks whether any updates at all are available for your system. DNF exit code will be 100 when there are updates available and a list of the updates will be printed, 0 if not and 1 if an error occurs. If --changelogs option is specified, also changelog delta of packages about to be updated is printed.

Please note that having a specific newer version available for an installed package (and reported by check-update) does not imply that subsequent dnf upgrade will install it. The difference is that dnf upgrade has restrictions (like package dependencies being satisfied) to take into account.

The output is affected by the autocheck_running_kernel configuration option.

Command: clean

Performs cleanup of temporary files kept for repositories. This includes any such data left behind from disabled or removed repositories as well as for different distribution release versions.

dnf clean dbcache

Removes cache files generated from the repository metadata. This forces DNF to regenerate the cache files the next time it is run.

dnf clean expire-cache

Marks the repository metadata expired. DNF will re-validate the cache for each repository the next time it is used.

dnf clean metadata

Removes repository metadata. Those are the files which DNF uses to determine the remote availability of packages. Using this option will make DNF download all the metadata the next time it is run.

dnf clean packages

Removes any cached packages from the system.

dnf clean all

Does all of the above.

dnf [options] deplist [<select-options>] [<query-options>] [<package-spec>]

Deprecated alias for dnf repoquery --deplist.

Command: distro-sync
Aliases: dsync
Deprecated aliases: distrosync, distribution-synchronization

dnf distro-sync [<package-spec>...]

As necessary upgrades, downgrades or keeps selected installed packages to match the latest version available from any enabled repository. If no package is given, all installed packages are considered.

See also Configuration Files Replacement Policy.

Command: downgrade
Aliases: dg

dnf [options] downgrade <package-spec>...

Downgrades the specified packages to the highest installable package of all known lower versions if possible. When version is given and is lower than version of installed package then it downgrades to target version.

Command: group
Aliases: grp
Deprecated aliases: groups, grouplist, groupinstall, groupupdate, groupremove, grouperase, groupinfo

Groups are virtual collections of packages. DNF keeps track of groups that the user selected ("marked") installed and can manipulate the comprising packages with simple commands.

dnf [options] group [summary] <group-spec>

Display overview of how many groups are installed and available. With a spec, limit the output to the matching groups. summary is the default groups subcommand.

dnf [options] group info <group-spec>

Display package lists of a group. Shows which packages are installed or available from a repository when -v is used.

dnf [options] group install [--with-optional] <group-spec>...

Mark the specified group installed and install packages it contains. Also include optional packages of the group if --with-optional is specified. All Mandatory and Default packages will be installed whenever possible. Conditional packages are installed if they meet their requirement. If the group is already (partially) installed, the command installs the missing packages from the group. Depending on the value of obsoletes configuration option group installation takes obsoletes into account.

dnf [options] group list <group-spec>...

List all matching groups, either among installed or available groups. If nothing is specified, list all known groups. --installed and --available options narrow down the requested list. Records are ordered by the display_order tag defined in comps.xml file. Provides a list of all hidden groups by using option --hidden. Provides group IDs when the -v or --ids options are used.

dnf [options] group remove <group-spec>...

Mark the group removed and remove those packages in the group from the system which do not belong to another installed group and were not installed explicitly by the user.

dnf [options] group upgrade <group-spec>...

Upgrades the packages from the group and upgrades the group itself. The latter comprises of installing packages that were added to the group by the distribution and removing packages that got removed from the group as far as they were not installed explicitly by the user.

Groups can also be marked installed or removed without physically manipulating any packages:

dnf [options] group mark install <group-spec>...

Mark the specified group installed. No packages will be installed by this command, but the group is then considered installed.

dnf [options] group mark remove <group-spec>...

Mark the specified group removed. No packages will be removed by this command.

See also Configuration Files Replacement Policy.

Command: help

dnf help [<command>]

Displays the help text for all commands. If given a command name then only displays help for that particular command.

Command: history
Aliases: hist

The history command allows the user to view what has happened in past transactions and act according to this information (assuming the history_record configuration option is set).

dnf history [list] [--reverse] [<spec>...]

The default history action is listing information about given transactions in a table. Each <spec> can be either a <transaction-spec>, which specifies a transaction directly, or a <transaction-spec>..<transaction-spec>, which specifies a range of transactions, or a <package-name-spec>, which specifies a transaction by a package which it manipulated. When no transaction is specified, list all known transactions.

The "Action(s)" column lists each type of action taken in the transaction. The possible values are:

• Install (I): a new package was installed on the system
• Downgrade (D): an older version of a package replaced the previously-installed version
• Obsolete (O): an obsolete package was replaced by a new package
• Upgrade (U): a newer version of the package replaced the previously-installed version
• Remove (E): a package was removed from the system
• Reinstall (R): a package was reinstalled with the same version
• Reason change (C): a package was kept in the system but its reason for being installed changed

The "Altered" column lists the number of actions taken in each transaction, possibly followed by one or two of the following symbols:

• >: The RPM database was changed, outside DNF, after the transaction
• <: The RPM database was changed, outside DNF, before the transaction
• *: The transaction aborted before completion
• #: The transaction completed, but with a non-zero status
• E: The transaction completed successfully, but had warning/error output

--reverse

The order of history list output is printed in reverse order.

dnf history info [<spec>...]

Describe the given transactions. The meaning of <spec> is the same as in the History List Command. When no transaction is specified, describe what happened during the latest transaction.

dnf history redo <transaction-spec>|<package-file-spec>

Repeat the specified transaction. Uses the last transaction (with the highest ID) if more than one transaction for given <package-file-spec> is found. If it is not possible to redo some operations due to the current state of RPMDB, it will not redo the transaction.

dnf history replay [--ignore-installed] [--ignore-extras] [--skip-unavailable] <filename>

Replay a transaction stored in file <filename> by History Store Command. The replay will perform the exact same operations on the packages as in the original transaction and will return with an error if case of any differences in installed packages or their versions. See also the Transaction JSON Format specification of the file format.

--ignore-installed

Don't check for the installed packages being in the same state as those recorded in the transaction. E.g. in case there is an upgrade foo-1.0 -> foo-2.0 stored in the transaction, but there is foo-1.1 installed on the target system.

--ignore-extras

Don't check for extra packages pulled into the transaction on the target system. E.g. the target system may not have some dependency, which was installed on the source system. The replay errors out on this by default, as the transaction would not be the same.

--skip-unavailable

In case some packages stored in the transaction are not available on the target system, skip them instead of erroring out.

dnf history rollback <transaction-spec>|<package-file-spec>

Undo all transactions performed after the specified transaction. Uses the last transaction (with the highest ID) if more than one transaction for given <package-file-spec> is found. If it is not possible to undo some transactions due to the current state of RPMDB, it will not undo any transaction.

dnf history store [--output <output-file>] <transaction-spec>

Store a transaction specified by <transaction-spec>. The transaction can later be replayed by the History Replay Command.

Warning: The stored transaction format is considered unstable and may change at any time. It will work if the same version of dnf is used to store and replay (or between versions as long as it stays the same).

-o <output-file>, --output=<output-file> Store the serialized transaction into <output-file. Default is transaction.json.

dnf history undo <transaction-spec>|<package-file-spec>

Perform the opposite operation to all operations performed in the specified transaction. Uses the last transaction (with the highest ID) if more than one transaction for given <package-file-spec> is found. If it is not possible to undo some operations due to the current state of RPMDB, it will not undo the transaction.

dnf history userinstalled

Show all packages installed by user, installed from a group or a module profile, and packages installed outside of DNF. I.e. it lists packages that will stay on the system when Autoremove Command or Remove Command along with clean_requirements_on_remove configuration option set to True is executed. Note the same results can be accomplished with dnf repoquery --userinstalled, and the repoquery command is more powerful in formatting of the output.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata, except for the redo, rollback, and undo subcommands. See also Metadata Synchronization and Configuration Files Replacement Policy.

Command: info
Aliases: if

dnf [options] info [<package-file-spec>...]

Lists description and summary information about installed and available packages.

The info command limits the displayed packages the same way as the list command.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: install
Aliases: in
Aliases for explicit NEVRA matching: install-n, install-na, install-nevra
Deprecated aliases: localinstall

dnf [options] install <spec>...

Makes sure that the given packages and their dependencies are installed on the system. Each <spec> can be either a <package-spec>, or a @<module-spec>, or a @<group-spec>. See Install Examples. If a given package or provide cannot be (and is not already) installed, the exit code will be non-zero. If the <spec> matches both a @<module-spec> and a @<group-spec>, only the module is installed.

When <package-spec> to specify the exact version of the package is given, DNF will install the desired version, no matter which version of the package is already installed. The former version of the package will be removed in the case of non-installonly package.

On the other hand if <package-spec> specifies only a name, DNF also takes into account packages obsoleting it when picking which package to install. This behaviour is specific to the install command. Note that this can lead to seemingly unexpected results if a package has multiple versions and some older version is being obsoleted. It creates a split in the upgrade-path and both ways are considered correct, the resulting package is picked simply by lexicographical order.

There are also a few specific install commands install-n, install-na and install-nevra that allow the specification of an exact argument in the NEVRA format. As a consequence, <spec> will be not matched with provides and file provides.

See also Configuration Files Replacement Policy.

dnf install tito

Install the tito package (tito is the package name).

dnf install ~/Downloads/tito-0.6.2-1.fc22.noarch.rpm

Install a local rpm file tito-0.6.2-1.fc22.noarch.rpm from the ~/Downloads/ directory.

dnf install tito-0.5.6-1.fc22

Install the package with a specific version. If the package is already installed it will automatically try to downgrade or upgrade to the specific version.

dnf --best install tito

Install the latest available version of the package. If the package is already installed it will try to automatically upgrade to the latest version. If the latest version of the package cannot be installed, the installation will fail.

dnf install vim

DNF will automatically recognize that vim is not a package name, but will look up and install a package that provides vim with all the required dependencies. Note: Package name match has precedence over package provides match.

dnf install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/tito/0.6.0/1.fc22/noarch/tito-0.6.0-1.fc22.noarch.rpm

Install a package directly from a URL.

dnf install '@docker'

Install all default profiles of module 'docker' and their RPMs. Module streams get enabled accordingly.

dnf install '@Web Server'

Install the 'Web Server' environmental group.

dnf install /usr/bin/rpmsign

Install a package that provides the /usr/bin/rpmsign file.

dnf -y install tito --setopt=install_weak_deps=False

Install the tito package (tito is the package name) without weak deps. Weak deps are not required for core functionality of the package, but they enhance the original package (like extended documentation, plugins, additional functions, etc.).

dnf install --advisory=FEDORA-2018-b7b99fe852 \*

Install all packages that belong to the "FEDORA-2018-b7b99fe852" advisory.

Command: list
Aliases: ls

Prints lists of packages depending on the packages' relation to the system. A package is installed if it is present in the RPMDB, and it is available if it is not installed but is present in a repository that DNF knows about.

The list command also limits the displayed packages according to specific criteria, e.g. to only those that update an installed package (respecting the repository priority). The exclude option in the configuration file can influence the result, but if the --disableexcludes command line option is used, it ensures that all installed packages will be listed.

dnf [options] list [--all] [<package-file-spec>...]

Lists all packages, present in the RPMDB, in a repository or both.

dnf [options] list --installed [<package-file-spec>...]

Lists installed packages.

dnf [options] list --available [<package-file-spec>...]

Lists available packages.

dnf [options] list --extras [<package-file-spec>...]

Lists extras, that is packages installed on the system that are not available in any known repository.

dnf [options] list --obsoletes [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages installed on the system that are obsoleted by packages in any known repository.

dnf [options] list --recent [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages recently added into the repositories.

dnf [options] list --upgrades [<package-file-spec>...]

List upgrades available for the installed packages.

dnf [options] list --autoremove

List packages which will be removed by the dnf autoremove command.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: makecache
Aliases: mc

dnf [options] makecache

Downloads and caches metadata for enabled repositories. Tries to avoid downloading whenever possible (e.g. when the local metadata hasn't expired yet or when the metadata timestamp hasn't changed).

dnf [options] makecache --timer

Like plain makecache, but instructs DNF to be more resource-aware, meaning it will not do anything if running on battery power, it will terminate immediately if it's too soon after the last successful makecache run (see dnf.conf(5), metadata_timer_sync), and if the first mirror in a repository mirrorlist fails, it will not try to synchronize the metadata from more mirrors for that repository.

Command: mark

dnf mark install <package-spec>...

Marks the specified packages as installed by user. This can be useful if any package was installed as a dependency and is desired to stay on the system when Autoremove Command or Remove Command along with clean_requirements_on_remove configuration option set to True is executed.

dnf mark remove <package-spec>...

Unmarks the specified packages as installed by user. Whenever you as a user don't need a specific package you can mark it for removal. The package stays installed on the system but will be removed when Autoremove Command or Remove Command along with clean_requirements_on_remove configuration option set to True is executed. You should use this operation instead of Remove Command if you're not sure whether the package is a requirement of other user installed packages on the system.

dnf mark group <package-spec>...

Marks the specified packages as installed by group. This can be useful if any package was installed as a dependency or a user and is desired to be protected and handled as a group member like during group remove.

Command: module

Modularity overview is available at man page dnf.modularity(7). Module subcommands take <module-spec>... arguments that specify modules or profiles.

dnf [options] module install <module-spec>...

Install module profiles, including their packages. In case no profile was provided, all default profiles get installed. Module streams get enabled accordingly.

This command cannot be used for switching module streams. Use the dnf module switch-to command for that.

dnf [options] module update <module-spec>...

Update packages associated with an active module stream, optionally restricted to a profile. If the profile_name is provided, only the packages referenced by that profile will be updated.

dnf [options] module switch-to <module-spec>...

Switch to or enable a module stream, change versions of installed packages to versions provided by the new stream, and remove packages from the old stream that are no longer available. It also updates installed profiles if they are available for the new stream. When a profile was provided, it installs that profile and does not update any already installed profiles.

This command can be used as a stronger version of the dnf module enable command, which not only enables modules, but also does a distrosync to all modular packages in the enabled modules.

It can also be used as a stronger version of the dnf module install command, but it requires to specify profiles that are supposed to be installed, because switch-to command does not use default profiles. The switch-to command doesn't only install profiles, it also makes a distrosync to all modular packages in the installed module.

dnf [options] module remove <module-spec>...

Remove installed module profiles, including packages that were installed with the dnf module install command. Will not remove packages required by other installed module profiles or by other user-installed packages. In case no profile was provided, all installed profiles get removed.

dnf [options] module remove --all <module-spec>...

Remove installed module profiles, including packages that were installed with the dnf module install command. With --all option it additionally removes all packages whose names are provided by specified modules. Packages required by other installed module profiles and packages whose names are also provided by any other module are not removed.

dnf [options] module enable <module-spec>...

Enable a module stream and make the stream RPMs available in the package set.

Modular dependencies are resolved, dependencies checked and also recursively enabled. In case of modular dependency issue the operation will be rejected. To perform the action anyway please use --skip-broken option.

This command cannot be used for switching module streams. Use the dnf module switch-to command for that.

dnf [options] module disable <module-name>...

Disable a module. All related module streams will become unavailable. Consequently, all installed profiles will be removed and the module RPMs will become unavailable in the package set. In case of modular dependency issue the operation will be rejected. To perform the action anyway please use --skip-broken option.

dnf [options] module reset <module-name>...

Reset module state so it's no longer enabled or disabled. Consequently, all installed profiles will be removed and only RPMs from the default stream will be available in the package set.

dnf [options] module provides <package-name-spec>...

Lists all modular packages matching <package-name-spec> from all modules (including disabled), along with the modules and streams they belong to.

dnf [options] module list [--all] [module_name...]

Lists all module streams, their profiles and states (enabled, disabled, default).

dnf [options] module list --enabled [module_name...]

Lists module streams that are enabled.

dnf [options] module list --disabled [module_name...]

Lists module streams that are disabled.

dnf [options] module list --installed [module_name...]

List module streams with installed profiles.

dnf [options] module info <module-spec>...

Print detailed information about given module stream.

dnf [options] module info --profile <module-spec>...

Print detailed information about given module profiles.

dnf [options] module repoquery <module-spec>...

List all available packages belonging to selected modules.

dnf [options] module repoquery --available <module-spec>...

List all available packages belonging to selected modules.

dnf [options] module repoquery --installed <module-spec>...

List all installed packages with same name like packages belonging to selected modules.

Command: provides
Aliases: prov, whatprovides, wp

dnf [options] provides <provide-spec>

Finds the packages providing the given <provide-spec>. This is useful when one knows a filename and wants to find what package (installed or not) provides this file. The <provide-spec> is gradually looked for at following locations:

1. The <provide-spec> is matched with all file provides of any available package:

   $ dnf provides /usr/bin/gzip
   gzip-1.9-9.fc29.x86_64 : The GNU data compression program
   Matched from:
   Filename    : /usr/bin/gzip

2. Then all provides of all available packages are searched:

   $ dnf provides "gzip(x86-64)"
   gzip-1.9-9.fc29.x86_64 : The GNU data compression program
   Matched from:
   Provide     : gzip(x86-64) = 1.9-9.fc29

3. DNF assumes that the <provide-spec> is a system command, prepends it with /usr/bin/, /usr/sbin/ prefixes (one at a time) and does the file provides search again. For legacy reasons (packages that didn't do UsrMove) also /bin and /sbin prefixes are being searched:

   $ dnf provides zless
   gzip-1.9-9.fc29.x86_64 : The GNU data compression program
   Matched from:
   Filename    : /usr/bin/zless

4. If this last step also fails, DNF returns "Error: No Matches found".

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: reinstall
Aliases: rei

dnf [options] reinstall <package-spec>...

Installs the specified packages, fails if some of the packages are either not installed or not available (i.e. there is no repository where to download the same RPM).

Command: remove
Aliases: rm
Aliases for explicit NEVRA matching: remove-n, remove-na, remove-nevra
Deprecated aliases: erase, erase-n, erase-na, erase-nevra

dnf [options] remove <package-spec>...

Removes the specified packages from the system along with any packages depending on the packages being removed. Each <spec> can be either a <package-spec>, which specifies a package directly, or a @<group-spec>, which specifies an (environment) group which contains it. If clean_requirements_on_remove is enabled (the default), also removes any dependencies that are no longer needed.

dnf [options] remove --duplicates

Removes older versions of duplicate packages. To ensure the integrity of the system it reinstalls the newest package. In some cases the command cannot resolve conflicts. In such cases the dnf shell command with remove --duplicates and upgrade dnf-shell sub-commands could help.

dnf [options] remove --oldinstallonly

Removes old installonly packages, keeping only latest versions and version of running kernel.

There are also a few specific remove commands remove-n, remove-na and remove-nevra that allow the specification of an exact argument in the NEVRA format. As a consequence, <spec> will be not matched with provides and file provides.

dnf remove acpi tito

Remove the acpi and tito packages.

dnf remove $(dnf repoquery --extras --exclude=tito,acpi)

Remove packages not present in any repository, but don't remove the tito and acpi packages (they still might be removed if they depend on some of the removed packages).

dnf remove --duplicates

Remove older versions of duplicated packages (an equivalent of yum's package-cleanup --cleandups).

Command: repoinfo

An alias for the repolist command that provides more detailed information like dnf repolist -v.

Command: repolist

dnf [options] repolist [--enabled|--disabled|--all]

Depending on the exact command lists enabled, disabled or all known repositories. Lists all enabled repositories by default. Provides more detailed information when -v option is used.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: repoquery
Aliases: rq
Aliases for explicit NEVRA matching: repoquery-n, repoquery-na, repoquery-nevra

dnf [options] repoquery [<select-options>] [<query-options>] [<package-file-spec>]

Searches available DNF repositories for selected packages and displays the requested information about them. It is an equivalent of rpm -q for remote repositories.

dnf [options] repoquery --groupmember <package-spec>...

List groups that contain <package-spec>.

dnf [options] repoquery --querytags

Provides the list of tags recognized by the --queryformat repoquery option.

There are also a few specific repoquery commands repoquery-n, repoquery-na and repoquery-nevra that allow the specification of an exact argument in the NEVRA format (does not affect arguments of options like --whatprovides <arg>, ...). As a consequence, <spec> will be not matched with file provides.

Together with <package-file-spec>, control what packages are displayed in the output. If <package-file-spec> is given, limits the resulting set of packages to those matching the specification. All packages are considered if no <package-file-spec> is specified.

<package-file-spec>

Package specification in the NEVRA format (name[-[epoch:]version[-release]][.arch]) or a file provide. See Specifying Packages.

-a, --all

Query all packages (for rpmquery compatibility, also a shorthand for repoquery '*' or repoquery without arguments).

--arch <arch>[,<arch>...], --archlist <arch>[,<arch>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages of selected architectures (default is all architectures). In some cases the result is affected by the basearch of the running system, therefore to run repoquery for an arch incompatible with your system use the --forcearch=<arch> option to change the basearch.

--duplicates

Limit the resulting set to installed duplicate packages (i.e. more package versions for the same name and architecture). Installonly packages are excluded from this set.

--unneeded

Limit the resulting set to leaves packages that were installed as dependencies so they are no longer needed. This switch lists packages that are going to be removed after executing the dnf autoremove command.

--available

Limit the resulting set to available packages only (set by default).

--disable-modular-filtering

Disables filtering of modular packages, so that packages of inactive module streams are included in the result.

--extras

Limit the resulting set to packages that are not present in any of the available repositories.

-f <file>, --file <file>

Limit the resulting set only to the package that owns <file>.

--installed

Limit the resulting set to installed packages only. The exclude option in the configuration file might influence the result, but if the command line option  --disableexcludes is used, it ensures that all installed packages will be listed.

--installonly

Limit the resulting set to installed installonly packages.

--latest-limit <number>

Limit the resulting set to <number> of latest packages for every package name and architecture. If <number> is negative, skip <number> of latest packages. For a negative <number> use the --latest-limit=<number> syntax.

--recent

Limit the resulting set to packages that were recently edited.

--repo <repoid>

Limit the resulting set only to packages from a repository identified by <repoid>. Can be used multiple times with accumulative effect.

--unsatisfied

Report unsatisfied dependencies among installed packages (i.e. missing requires and existing conflicts).

--upgrades

Limit the resulting set to packages that provide an upgrade for some already installed package.

--userinstalled

Limit the resulting set to packages installed by the user. The exclude option in the configuration file might influence the result, but if the command line option  --disableexcludes is used, it ensures that all installed packages will be listed.

--whatdepends <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that require, enhance, recommend, suggest or supplement any of <capabilities>.

--whatconflicts <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that conflict with any of <capabilities>.

--whatenhances <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that enhance any of <capabilities>. Use --whatdepends if you want to list all depending packages.

--whatobsoletes <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that obsolete any of <capabilities>.

--whatprovides <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that provide any of <capabilities>.

--whatrecommends <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that recommend any of <capabilities>. Use --whatdepends if you want to list all depending packages.

--whatrequires <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that require any of <capabilities>. Use --whatdepends if you want to list all depending packages.

--whatsuggests <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that suggest any of <capabilities>. Use --whatdepends if you want to list all depending packages.

--whatsupplements <capability>[,<capability>...]

Limit the resulting set only to packages that supplement any of <capabilities>. Use --whatdepends if you want to list all depending packages.

--alldeps

This option is stackable with --whatrequires or --whatdepends only. Additionally it adds all packages requiring the package features to the result set (used as default).

--exactdeps

This option is stackable with --whatrequires or --whatdepends only. Limit the resulting set only to packages that require <capability> specified by --whatrequires.

--srpm

Operate on the corresponding source RPM.

Set what information is displayed about each package.

The following are mutually exclusive, i.e. at most one can be specified. If no query option is given, matching packages are displayed in the standard NEVRA notation.

-i, --info

Show detailed information about the package.

-l, --list

Show the list of files in the package.

-s, --source

Show the package source RPM name.

--changelogs

Print the package changelogs.

--conflicts

Display capabilities that the package conflicts with. Same as --qf "%{conflicts}.

--depends

Display capabilities that the package depends on, enhances, recommends, suggests or supplements.

--enhances

Display capabilities enhanced by the package. Same as --qf "%{enhances}"".

--location

Show a location where the package could be downloaded from.

--obsoletes

Display capabilities that the package obsoletes. Same as --qf "%{obsoletes}".

--provides

Display capabilities provided by the package. Same as --qf "%{provides}".

--recommends

Display capabilities recommended by the package. Same as --qf "%{recommends}".

--requires

Display capabilities that the package depends on. Same as --qf "%{requires}".

--requires-pre

Display capabilities that the package depends on for running a %pre script. Same as --qf "%{requires-pre}".

--suggests

Display capabilities suggested by the package. Same as --qf "%{suggests}".

--supplements

Display capabilities supplemented by the package. Same as --qf "%{supplements}".

--tree

Display a recursive tree of packages with capabilities specified by one of the following supplementary options: --whatrequires, --requires, --conflicts, --enhances, --suggests, --provides, --supplements, --recommends.

--deplist

Produce a list of all direct dependencies and what packages provide those dependencies for the given packages. The result only shows the newest providers (which can be changed by using --verbose).

--nvr

Show found packages in the name-version-release format. Same as --qf "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}".

--nevra

Show found packages in the name-epoch:version-release.architecture format. Same as --qf "%{name}-%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}" (default).

--envra

Show found packages in the epoch:name-version-release.architecture format. Same as --qf "%{epoch}:%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}"

--qf <format>, --queryformat <format>

Custom display format. <format> is the string to output for each matched package. Every occurrence of %{<tag>} within is replaced by the corresponding attribute of the package. The list of recognized tags can be displayed by running dnf repoquery --querytags.

--recursive

Query packages recursively. Has to be used with --whatrequires <REQ> (optionally with --alldeps, but not with --exactdeps) or with --requires <REQ> --resolve.

--resolve

resolve capabilities to originating package(s).

dnf repoquery 'light*'

Display NEVRAs of all available packages matching light*

dnf repoquery-na 'light*.noarch'

Display NEVRAs of all available packages matching name light* and architecture noarch (accepts only arguments in the "<name>.<arch>" format)

dnf repoquery --requires lighttpd

Display requires of all lighttpd packages

dnf repoquery --requires python --resolve

Display packages providing the requires of python packages

dnf repoquery --source lighttpd

Display source rpm of lighttpd package

dnf repoquery --file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Display package name that owns the given file

dnf repoquery --queryformat '%{name}.%{arch} : %{reponame}' lighttpd

Display name, architecture and the containing repository of all lighttpd packages

dnf repoquery --whatprovides webserver

Display all available packages providing "webserver"

dnf repoquery --whatprovides webserver --arch i686

Display all available packages providing "webserver" but only for "i686" architecture

dnf repoquery --duplicates

Display duplicate packages

dnf repoquery --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="*-source" --arch=src --whatrequires <provide>

Display source packages that require a <provide> for a build

Command: repository-packages
Deprecated aliases: repo-pkgs, repo-packages, repository-pkgs

The repository-packages command allows the user to run commands on top of all packages in the repository named <repoid>. However, any dependency resolution takes into account packages from all enabled repositories. The <package-file-spec> and <package-spec> specifications further limit the candidates to only those packages matching at least one of them.

The info subcommand lists description and summary information about packages depending on the packages' relation to the repository. The list subcommand just prints lists of those packages.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> check-update [<package-file-spec>...]

Non-interactively checks if updates of the specified packages in the repository are available. DNF exit code will be 100 when there are updates available and a list of the updates will be printed.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info [--all] [<package-file-spec>...]

List all related packages.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --installed [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages installed from the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --available [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages available in the repository but not currently installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --extras [<package-file-specs>...]

List packages installed from the repository that are not available in any repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --obsoletes [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages in the repository that obsolete packages installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --recent [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages recently added into the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> info --upgrades [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages in the repository that upgrade packages installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> install [<package-spec>...]

Install packages matching <package-spec> from the repository. If <package-spec> isn't specified at all, install all packages from the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list [--all] [<package-file-spec>...]

List all related packages.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --installed [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages installed from the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --available [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages available in the repository but not currently installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --extras [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages installed from the repository that are not available in any repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --obsoletes [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages in the repository that obsolete packages installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --recent [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages recently added into the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> list --upgrades [<package-file-spec>...]

List packages in the repository that upgrade packages installed on the system.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> move-to [<package-spec>...]

Reinstall all those packages that are available in the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> reinstall [<package-spec>...]

Run the reinstall-old subcommand. If it fails, run the move-to subcommand.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> reinstall-old [<package-spec>...]

Reinstall all those packages that were installed from the repository and simultaneously are available in the repository.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> remove [<package-spec>...]

Remove all packages installed from the repository along with any packages depending on the packages being removed. If clean_requirements_on_remove is enabled (the default) also removes any dependencies that are no longer needed.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> remove-or-distro-sync [<package-spec>...]

Select all packages installed from the repository. Upgrade, downgrade or keep those of them that are available in another repository to match the latest version available there and remove the others along with any packages depending on the packages being removed. If clean_requirements_on_remove is enabled (the default) also removes any dependencies that are no longer needed.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> remove-or-reinstall [<package-spec>...]

Select all packages installed from the repository. Reinstall those of them that are available in another repository and remove the others along with any packages depending on the packages being removed. If clean_requirements_on_remove is enabled (the default) also removes any dependencies that are no longer needed.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> upgrade [<package-spec>...]

Update all packages to the highest resolvable version available in the repository. When versions are specified in the <package-spec>, update to these versions.

dnf [options] repository-packages <repoid> upgrade-to [<package-specs>...]

A deprecated alias for the upgrade subcommand.

Command: search
Aliases: se

dnf [options] search [--all] <keywords>...

Search package metadata for keywords. Keywords are matched as case-insensitive substrings, globbing is supported. By default lists packages that match all requested keys (AND operation). Keys are searched in package names and summaries. If the --all option is used, lists packages that match at least one of the keys (an OR operation). In addition the keys are searched in the package descriptions and URLs. The result is sorted from the most relevant results to the least.

This command by default does not force a sync of expired metadata. See also Metadata Synchronization.

Command: shell
Aliases: sh

dnf [options] shell [filename]

Open an interactive shell for conducting multiple commands during a single execution of DNF. These commands can be issued manually or passed to DNF from a file. The commands are much the same as the normal DNF command line options. There are a few additional commands documented below.

config [conf-option] [value]

• Set a configuration option to a requested value. If no value is given it prints the current value.

repo [list|enable|disable] [repo-id]

• list: list repositories and their status
• enable: enable repository
• disable: disable repository

transaction [list|reset|solve|run]

• list: resolve and list the content of the transaction
• reset: reset the transaction
• run: resolve and run the transaction

Note that all local packages must be used in the first shell transaction subcommand (e.g. install /tmp/nodejs-1-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp/acpi-1-1.noarch.rpm) otherwise an error will occur. Any disable, enable, and reset module operations (e.g. module enable nodejs) must also be performed before any other shell transaction subcommand is used.

Command: swap

dnf [options] swap <remove-spec> <install-spec>

Command: updateinfo
Aliases: upif
Deprecated aliases: list-updateinfo, list-security, list-sec, info-updateinfo, info-security, info-sec, summary-updateinfo

dnf [options] updateinfo [--summary|--list|--info] [<availability>] [<spec>...]

Display information about update advisories.

Depending on the output type, DNF displays just counts of advisory types (omitted or --summary), list of advisories (--list) or detailed information (--info). The -v option extends the output. When used with --info, the information is even more detailed. When used with --list, an additional column with date of the last advisory update is added.

<availability> specifies whether advisories about newer versions of installed packages (omitted or --available), advisories about equal and older versions of installed packages (--installed), advisories about newer versions of those installed packages for which a newer version is available (--updates) or advisories about any versions of installed packages (--all) are taken into account. Most of the time, --available and --updates displays the same output. The outputs differ only in the cases when an advisory refers to a newer version but there is no enabled repository which contains any newer version.

Note, that --available takes only the latest installed versions of packages into account. In case of the kernel packages (when multiple version could be installed simultaneously) also packages of the currently running version of kernel are added.

To print only advisories referencing a CVE or a bugzilla use --with-cve or --with-bz options. When these switches are used also the output of the --list is altered - the ID of the CVE or the bugzilla is printed instead of the one of the advisory.

If given and if neither ID, type (bugfix, enhancement, security/sec) nor a package name of an advisory matches <spec>, the advisory is not taken into account. The matching is case-sensitive and in the case of advisory IDs and package names, globbing is supported.

Output of the --summary option is affected by the autocheck_running_kernel configuration option.

Command: upgrade
Aliases: up
Deprecated aliases: update, upgrade-to, update-to, localupdate

dnf [options] upgrade

Updates each package to the latest version that is both available and resolvable.

dnf [options] upgrade <package-spec>...

Updates each specified package to the latest available version. Updates dependencies as necessary. When versions are specified in the <package-spec>, update to these versions.

dnf [options] upgrade @<spec>...

Alias for the dnf module update command.

If the main obsoletes configure option is true or the --obsoletes flag is present, dnf will include package obsoletes in its calculations. For more information see obsoletes.

See also Configuration Files Replacement Policy.

Command: upgrade-minimal
Aliases: up-min
Deprecated aliases: update-minimal

dnf [options] upgrade-minimal

Updates each package to the nearest available version that provides a bugfix, enhancement or a fix for a security issue (security).

dnf [options] upgrade-minimal <package-spec>...

Updates each specified package to the nearest available version that provides a bugfix, enhancement or a fix for security issue (security). Updates dependencies as necessary.

Package specification supports the same glob pattern matching that shell does, in all three above mentioned packages it matches against (NEVRAs, provides and file provides).

The following patterns are supported:

*

Matches any number of characters.

?

Matches any single character.

[]

Matches any one of the enclosed characters. A pair of characters separated by a hyphen denotes a range expression; any character that falls between those two characters, inclusive, is matched. If the first character following the [ is a ! or a ^ then any character not enclosed is matched.

Note: Curly brackets ({}) are not supported. You can still use them in shells that support them and let the shell do the expansion, but if quoted or escaped, dnf will not expand them.

When matching against NEVRAs, partial matching is supported. DNF tries to match the spec against the following list of NEVRA forms (in decreasing order of priority):

• name-[epoch:]version-release.arch
• name.arch
• name
• name-[epoch:]version-release
• name-[epoch:]version

Note that name can in general contain dashes (e.g. package-with-dashes).

The first form that matches any packages is used and the remaining forms are not tried. If none of the forms match any packages, an attempt is made to match the <package-spec> against full package NEVRAs. This is only relevant if globs are present in the <package-spec>.

<package-spec> matches NEVRAs the same way <package-name-spec> does, but in case matching NEVRAs fails, it attempts to match against provides and file provides of packages as well.

You can specify globs as part of any of the five NEVRA components. You can also specify a glob pattern to match over multiple NEVRA components (in other words, to match across the NEVRA separators). In that case, however, you need to write the spec to match against full package NEVRAs, as it is not possible to split such spec into NEVRA forms.

Some commands (autoremove, install, remove and repoquery) also have aliases with suffixes -n, -na and -nevra that allow to explicitly specify how to parse the arguments:

• Command install-n only matches against name.
• Command install-na only matches against name.arch.
• Command install-nevra only matches against name-[epoch:]version-release.arch.

If a spec starts with either / or */, it is considered as a potential file provide.

Exclude Filtering is a mechanism used by a user or by a DNF plugin to modify the set of available packages. Exclude Filtering can be modified by either includepkgs or excludepkgs configuration options in configuration files. The --disableexcludes command line option can be used to override excludes from configuration files. In addition to user-configured excludes, plugins can also extend the set of excluded packages. To disable excludes from a DNF plugin you can use the --disableplugin command line option.

To disable all excludes for e.g. the install command you can use the following combination of command line options:

dnf --disableexcludes=all --disableplugin="*" install bash

Please see the modularity documentation for details on how Modular Filtering works.

With modularity, only RPM packages from active module streams are included in the available package set. RPM packages from inactive module streams, as well as non-modular packages with the same name or provides as a package from an active module stream, are filtered out. Modular filtering is not applied to packages added from the command line, installed packages, or packages from repositories with module_hotfixes=true in their .repo file.

Disabling of modular filtering is not recommended, because it could cause the system to get into a broken state. To disable modular filtering for a particular repository, specify module_hotfixes=true in the .repo file or use --setopt=<repo_id>.module_hotfixes=true.

To discover the module which contains an excluded package use dnf module provides.