Questions tagged [dnf]
DNF(Dandified Yum) is the next upcoming major version of Yum, a package manager for RPM-based Linux distributions. It roughly maintains CLI compatibility with Yum and defines strict API for extensions and plugins.
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Does dnf work with all the latest data installed/updated got through yum?
Through Virtual Box was installed Fedora Workstation 36. It for experimental purposes.
About package/repository management there are two options yum and dnf where the latter is preferred over the ...
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Where to find pstreams-devel package for Rocky Linux 8 (EPEL)?
It seems there is no pstreams-devel package in Rocky Linux 8. I was wondering why it has not been included and if there is a way to get it from some extra repository?
The last reference to it that I ...
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What is the link between g++ and gcc-c++ in Fedora's DNF repositories?
On Fedora 35:
# dnf install g++
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:14 ago on Fri May 6 09:44:09 2022.
Package gcc-c++-11.3.1-2.fc35.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to ...
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dnf cannot find bashdb on fedora 34 arm version
I'm running arm version of fedora 34 using parallels on a m1 Mac mini. However, when I tried sudo dnf install bashdb, it complains the package is not found. I also tried to download the tar files and ...
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Fedora transaction test error on dnf update: file "conflicts"
I am trying to update Fedora using sudo dnf update. It lists the packages to be updated, downloads them, but then fails with this message:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
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What's the best way to upgrade Go to 1.18 on Alma Linux?
I need to upgrade the version of Go on my Alma Linux 8 box from the installed version 1.16 to the latest 1.18.
There are several tutorials on how to install, but I haven’t found any for upgrade ...
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Fedora stuck on running scriplet: systemd-libs
I used the dnf update command and after some time this happened. It's been like this for half an hour. Not only that, but I can't move my mouse, press any buttons, open something else, the computer is ...
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I need help with an Alma Linux error with dnf: "There are no enabled repositories..."
I have a new install of Alma Linux 8 and I'm having a problem figuring out how to be able to install packages. When I run dnf, I get:
Error: There are no enabled repositories in "/etc/yum.repos.d&...
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Configure dnf to use DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) without using systemd-resolved
Is there a way to configure dnf to use DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) without using systemd-resolved or a proxy (i.e. dnscrypt-proxy)? I dont like have local servers running on desktops (even on loop back ...
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How to tell "dnf search" to list only matches in the pacakge name (or name and summary), but not only in the summary?
On RHEL/CentOS the package manager dnf can search for strings in the names and summaries of packages. How can I tell it to list only matches in the name (or in name and summary), but not in the ...
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How to mark packages as manually installed with DNF
I'm looking for the equivalent of running apt install with a package that came pre-installed on the system or was automatically installed as a dependency of another package. apt then simply marks that ...
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Conflicting requests after update to CentOS 9 Stream from 8
I have a CentOS 8 system that I have decided to upgrade to CentOS 9 and this is not offically supported. I did however find some directions on doing this a few pages into a Google search on Github. ...
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How to install php 8 to aarch64 oracle linux?
Since official Oracle Linux only support up to 7.4 and Remi repo also doesn't support aarch64 , how to install PHP 8 to aarch64 oracle Linux?
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Setting up DNF on Yocto
I am using PetaLinux (or Yocto) as my systems OS.
I built the image and have dnf as my package manager.
However, when I try to install something, I get the error message:
Error: There are no enabled ...
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Install Yum/Dnf in a Virtualenv
I've created a Virtualenv (with python3.6) and want to install yum/dnf package in that environment. Is there any way to do that? As import dnf or import yum giving me error in that environment -> ...
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Installed app does not show up on the gnome dashboard
I was messing with flatpak and dnf ( removing and installing and testing qutebrowser) and now i can't add qutebrowser to my favorites( im using gnome) and i cant find it as an app but i can run it ...
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setarch i686 with builddep on fedora 35 can't find repositories
Want to install 32-bit build dependencies on Fedora 35, but fails, should this be possible? Is there a way to resolve it?
[root@fedora etc]# setarch i686 dnf builddep wine-devel
enabling fedora-source ...
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Duplicate GPG key CentOS 8
If I run dnf check I get the following message:
centos-gpg-keys-1:8-2.el8.noarch is a duplicate with centos-gpg-keys-1:8-3.el8.noarch
How do I get rid of centos-gpg-keys-1:8-2.el8.noarch, I've found ...
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How do you download a RPM by name and version, using Python or terminal?
I need to download .rpm files for particular packages by specifying the package name and version. Such as "libX11-1.5.99.902". I've been looking online to find a way to query & download ....
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Running dnf update on Fedora returns conflicts for MongoDB
I'd appreciate some advice resolving the following conflict with MongoDB install on my Fedora Workstation. I've added MongoDB as a custom repo and get the following output in the terminal when running ...
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VS Code Download Error
I am using Centos and I get this error message on trying to download the vs
code for linux. I have tried updating the system but still no progress.Please help.
Total download size: 108 M
Installed ...
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How to remove commands installed through the "command-not-found" prompt
On Fedora 35, if I type in a command that is not installed, like mu, then I get a prompt that offers to install it for me, i.e.
mu
bash: mu: command not found...
Install package 'maildir-utils' to ...
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Updating packages on CentOS via dnf module list using https?
I have a new Centos 8 installation and am trying to use dnf to install the packages I need. Company rules (and common sense, honestly) is that any outgoing traffic needs to be done over HTTPS. However ...
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Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'epel'
What specific syntax must be changed in the cloud-init startup script excerpt below in order to handle the error message shown below by retrying something else until it correctly works without ...
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Dnf/Yum repository install on AIX 7.1 ImportError: 0509-022/0509-150 libcrypto
I am trying to create a Yum/Dnf Repository for an offline AIX 7.1 and I've downloaded all the repos by using the reposync on a linux machine that was connected to the internet.
I've installed the Dnf ...
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Does sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core -y affect all users?
I'm a newbie to Fedora and a novice at Linux in general, but I just want to know whether I have to run that command in every different user account: I have three, a root user, and two others for some ...
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Can't install Certbot for Apache on CentOS Stream 9 (python3-certbot)
On Centos Stream 9, when I try to install certbot (sudo yum install certbot) into the server it returns:
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Problem: package certbot-1.22.0-1.el8.noarch requires python3-certbot = 1.22.0-1.el8, ...
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DNF system-upgrade reboot does not trigger upgrade (Fedora 33 to 34)
Trying to upgrade from Fedora 33 to F34, following the Fedora docs and the
upgrade does not start after reboot or even after a shutdown and fresh start.
I've repeated the process more than four times, ...
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How to easily remove old kernels with DNF under Mageia?
As installonly_limit 3 in etc/yum/yum.conf and in etc/dnf/dnf.conf didn't seem to have any effect under Mageia even by running dnf autoremove, I tried to run dnf remove $(dnf repoquery --installonly --...
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nothing provides selinux-policy-base >= 3.14.3-80.el8_5.2
I am trying to install snap on my rhel 8.4 machine and it throws the following error
Error:
Problem: package snapd-2.54.1-1.el8.x86_64 requires snapd-selinux = 2.54.1-1.el8, but none of the ...
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yum errors with 404
I am running RHEL 7.6 on virtualbox and have been trying to install dnf using yum. yum install dnf errors with the following:
Not only this, other commands like yum check-update, yum list etc also ...
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created by dnf config-manager from https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/ Fedora
Whenever I try to install or update any package it starts to update the brave browser
created by dnf config-manager from https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
I just removed the ...
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Find why a specific package is installed in a big chain of dnf dependencies
I'm trying to do a 'dnf update' and getting a bunch of errors like:
Problem 2: cannot install both libinput-1.16.3-2.el8.x86_64 and libinput-1.16.3-1.el8.x86_64
- package libinput-devel-1.16.3-1....
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Find the url of an rpm for specific stream
I can find the URL for a rpm using this:
dnf download --urls nginx
This finds the URL of the rpm for the enabled stream.
I can enable that stream then find the URL as usual but i should not change ...
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Can dnf scan for missing or corrupted files in packages?
After removing a number of packages' directories, dnf still believes those packages are installed. Although we may have some idea, we are not sure exactly which packages are affected. Can dnf check ...
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why would my /opt symlink get removed and created as dir after running dnf update
I am running an Oracle Linux 8.5 server, we have a symlink /opt pointing to another location (/etc/)
but after running: dnf update, the symlink was not there anymore and a directory /opt (empty) was ...
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How to get epel-release / epel-release-next / powertools in CentOS Stream 9
I have recently installed CentOS Stream 9 and I'm finding that I can't get epel to work properly following any instructions I can find online. Resources for CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream 8 don't work and ...
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Install KDE on CentOS 8
I'm trying to install KDE on CentOS 8 but I'm not able to. I recently had problems updating packages and run dnf --refresh --best --allowerasing update. This removed KDE an all related apps (yeah, I ...
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dnf update not working in CentOS
Unable to run dnf update command in CentOS8. Below error occurred while,
Failed to open log file: /var/log/hawkey.log.
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Unable to install yum / dnf on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
I tried the following with root user but unable to install yum on my cloud server.
I already read a similar issue here: Installing yum on Ubuntu
root@localhost:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are ...
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How may i get /var/log/dnf.log to log times in my system timezone?
How may i get /var/log/dnf.log to log times in my system timezone? Neither man dnf nor google have yet enlightened me on this. Centos8/rhel8.
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dnf install php-zip conflicting requests
i'm try install php-zip in fedora 34 He tells me there is a conflict:
Problem: conflicting requests
- nothing provides libzip(x86-64) >= 1.8.0 needed by php-pecl-zip-1.19.5-1.fc34.remi.8.0....
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dnf-automatic hangs on an irrelevant RPM post-install script - can I set a timeout or kill it automatically?
I have noticed that on a server a nightly dnf-automatic script for automatic system updates has been running for a few weeks instead of exiting after a few minutes. It hangs on these commands:
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dnf breaks when changing symlink from python3.9 to 3.10
I am completely baffled.
on Fedora34 and python 3.9.7 dnf works as it should.
I have changed to the /usr/bin directory for this.
If I change the symlink to 3.10 as in the following, dnf breaks:
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Instalilng security patches on CentOS 9 /RHEL 8/Rocky/Alma - dnf-automatic vs "dnf --security update"
In RockyLinux/AlmaLinux/CentoOS8 I have been using "dnf-automatic" to try to get security patches installed. It will install some patches.
But afterwards, I can see that if I run "dnf --...
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Centos / almalinux how to rebuild glibc and gcc (DNF broken) and "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"
My dnf / yum is broken
yum update -y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dnf", line 57, in <module>
from dnf.cli import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '...
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How can I list weak dependencies with dnf?
For example, if I initiate installation of the Greek language meta-package, I am prompted to install its dependencies and weak dependencies.
$ LC_ALL=C sudo dnf install langpacks-el
[sudo] password ...
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how can I get parsable output from dnf list installed?
dnf list installed output is human readable but not very friendly to machine parser.
is there a command allow us get the installed package in json or csv or other parser friendly format? Does dnf have ...
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how do I stop dnf from fetch remote metadata during dnf list or other subcommand that only need local database? [duplicate]
From time to time when I call dnf it will try to download remote metadata regardless what subcommand I am calling, I wonder how can I disable this? It takes very long to get all metadata but actually ...
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RHEL8 - Missing yum.log from /var/log/
I am not seeing the log file for yum in the log directory. This is a new VM install. Any assistance in getting thie file created and logs recorded is greatly appricated.
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