dnf-utils Command Reference¶
Description¶
dnf-utils is collection of add-on tool for dnf
Available commands are:
- query
- dnl
See the reference for each command below.
Query Command¶
Query packages and list result in user defined format
Synopsis¶
dnf query [cmd-options] [<key>]
Arguments¶
<key>- the key to search for in package names.
Cmd Options¶
--help-cmd- show this help about this tool
--all- query in all packages (Default)
--installed- query in installed packages
--latest- show only latest packages
--qf QUERYFORMAT, --queryformat QUERYFORMAT- format for displaying found packages
--repoid REPO- show only results from this REPO
--arch ARCH- show only results from this ARCH
--whatprovides REQ- show only results there provides REQ
--whatrequires REQ- show only results there requires REQ
-showtags- show available tags to use with –queryformat
Examples¶
dnf query kernel --installed --qf "%{name}"- list names of installed packages with kernel in the name
dnf query --installed --arch i686- show all installed packages with the i686 archictecture
dnf query --installed --whatrequires "dnf"- show installed packages there is requiring dnf
Dnl Command¶
Download packages or package sources.
Synopsis¶
dnf dnl [cmd-options] <pkg-spec> ..
Arguments¶
<pkg-spec>- package to download (Same package spec af for other dnf commands)
Cmd Options¶
--help-cmd- show this help about this tool
--source- download the src.rpm instead
--destdir- download path, default is current dir (the path must exist)
--resolve- resolve and download un-installed dependencies
Examples¶
dnf download dnf- download the latest dnf available package to current dir
dnf download dnf --destdir /tmp/dnl- download the latest dnf available package to /tmp/dnl (dir must exists)
dnf download dnf --source- download the latest dnf available source package to current dir
dnf download btanks --resolve- download the latest btanks package and the un-installed dependencies to current dir