YUM & DNF Package Management | Terminal Commands

DNF (Fedora/RHEL 8+)

# Update package lists
sudo dnf check-update

# Install package
sudo dnf install nginx

# Remove package
sudo dnf remove nginx

# Update all packages
sudo dnf update

# Upgrade (obsoletes old packages)
sudo dnf upgrade

# Search packages
dnf search nginx

# Show package info
dnf info nginx

# List installed
dnf list installed

# List available
dnf list available

YUM (RHEL/CentOS 7)

# Update packages
sudo yum update

# Install package
sudo yum install nginx

# Remove package
sudo yum remove nginx

# Search packages
yum search nginx

# Show package info
yum info nginx

# List installed
yum list installed

# Check for updates
yum check-update

Group operations

# List groups
dnf group list

# Install group
sudo dnf group install "Development Tools"

# Remove group
sudo dnf group remove "Development Tools"

# Show group info
dnf group info "Development Tools"

Repositories

# List repositories
dnf repolist

# List all (including disabled)
dnf repolist all

# Enable repository
sudo dnf config-manager --enable repo-name

# Disable repository
sudo dnf config-manager --disable repo-name

# Add repository
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://example.com/repo.repo

EPEL repository

# Install EPEL (RHEL/CentOS 8)
sudo dnf install epel-release

# Install EPEL (RHEL/CentOS 7)
sudo yum install epel-release

Clean cache

sudo dnf clean all
sudo dnf makecache

Download only

sudo dnf download nginx

Install local RPM

sudo dnf install ./package.rpm

Show dependencies

dnf deplist nginx

Find package for file

dnf provides /usr/sbin/nginx

History

# Show history
dnf history

# Undo transaction
sudo dnf history undo 5

# Redo transaction
sudo dnf history redo 5

Autoremove unused

sudo dnf autoremove

Check for problems

sudo dnf check

RPM commands

# List installed
rpm -qa

# Install RPM
sudo rpm -ivh package.rpm

# Upgrade RPM
sudo rpm -Uvh package.rpm

# Remove package
sudo rpm -e package

# Query package info
rpm -qi nginx

# List files in package
rpm -ql nginx

# Find package for file
rpm -qf /usr/sbin/nginx

# Verify package
rpm -V nginx

Downgrade package

sudo dnf downgrade package

Reinstall package

sudo dnf reinstall nginx

Mark package

# Install only
sudo dnf mark install nginx

# Remove only
sudo dnf mark remove nginx

Module management

# List modules
dnf module list

# Enable module
sudo dnf module enable nodejs:14

# Install module
sudo dnf module install nodejs:14

# Reset module
sudo dnf module reset nodejs

Security updates only

sudo dnf update --security

Exclude package

sudo dnf update --exclude=kernel*

Yes to all

sudo dnf install -y nginx

Quiet mode

sudo dnf install -q nginx

Show duplicates

dnf list --duplicates

List recent packages

dnf list --recent