dnf¶
Package manager for redhat / fedora linux.
TODO: Extract common tasks out into a cross platform doc (dnf, yum, apt, brew)
Handy Commands¶
Install even if some not found: `sudo dnf install --skip-broken $(cat ./fedora-packages.txt)``
Config¶
Setup automatic updates:
sudo dnf install dnf-automatic
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
Usage¶
Commands¶
Check status of timers: `systemctl list-timers dnf-*
Find package that provides file¶
$ dnf provides symlinks
Last metadata expiration check: 0:22:13 ago on Wed 24 Apr 2024 09:18:31.
symlinks-1.7-8.fc38.x86_64 : A utility which maintains a system's symbolic links
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Provide : symlinks = 1.7-8.fc38
symlinks-1.7-8.fc38.x86_64 : A utility which maintains a system's symbolic links
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Provide : symlinks = 1.7-8.fc38
Package cache updates:¶
metadata_expire: - dnf: dnf config-manager --dump | grep metadata_expire - yum repos: grep metadata_expire /etc/yum.repos.d/*
Schedule cache updates:
cronjob-add (part of mt-public) adds to personal crontab if missing
- dnf:
cronjob-add '0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/dnf makecache -q >> /var/log/dnf-makecache.log 2>&1' - apt:
cronjob-add '0 3 * * * /usr/bin/apt update -qq > /var/log/apt-update.log 2>&1
List installed packages:¶
$ dnf list installed transmission # filter on names
Installed Packages
transmission.x86_64 4.0.3-2.fc38 @updates
List files in package:¶
Installed package:
$ rpm -ql "transmission-daemon"
/usr/bin/transmission-daemon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/7136e31ef44ad8f3e2339ecfcbb9a80f27ff70
/usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-daemon.1.gz
/var/lib/transmission
Remote package (slow):