Use this reference to understand and configure dnf5, the RPM package manager for Fedora and RHEL. It covers commands, package specifications, repositories, caching, plugins, the daemon API, and changes when moving from DNF4.
Use when working with dnf5 — the next-generation RPM package manager for Fedora/RHEL. Covers CLI commands and options, configuration, plugin system (dnf5 active plugins and libdnf5 passive plugins), dnf5daemon D-Bus API, execution workflow, package specs (NEVRA), modularity, caching, migration from DNF4, libdnf5 library architecture, build system, and command-line aliases. Triggers on: "dnf5", "dnf", "libdnf5", "libdnf", "dnf5daemon", "dnf5-plugins", "libdnf5-plugins", "dnf5.conf", "repoquery", "versionlock", "distro-sync", "offline upgrade", "system-upgrade", "advisory", "comps", "modulemd", "NEVRA", "installroot", "forcearch", "repo variables", "metadata_expire", "setopt", "setvar", "config-manager", "repofrompath", "releasever", "basearch", "pluginpath".
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DNF5 is the next-generation RPM package manager for Fedora/RHEL, rewritten in C++ (C++20) for better performance and fewer external dependencies. It consists of the dnf5 CLI, the libdnf5 core library, the libdnf5-cli CLI helper, a two-tier plugin system, and dnf5daemon (D-Bus daemon).
dnf5 <command> [options] [args]
→ logger setup, Base creation, command registration
→ plugin loading (dnf5 active + libdnf5 passive)
→ argument parsing, config loading
→ repo sack creation, repo loading, Vars substitution
→ goal resolution, transaction table
→ download, GPG check, RPM transaction
→ system state update
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| Keywords | Reference |
|---|---|
| CLI, commands, options, flags, synopsis, exit codes, environment variables, assumeyes, assumeno, quiet, exclude, repo, setopt, setvar, repofrompath, releasever, installroot, forcearch, refresh, cacheonly, color, version, comment, dump-main-config | references/cli.md |
| configuration, dnf.conf, config options, main section, repo options, color options, option types, boolean, integer, storage size, drop-in directories, repos.override.d, varsdir, reposdir, pluginconfpath, pluginpath, cachedir, system_cachedir, persistdir, protected_packages, installonlypkgs, tsflags, metadata_expire, zchunk, multilib_policy, obsoletes, best, skip_broken, skip_unavailable, allow_downgrade, allow_vendor_change, vendor change policy, group_package_types, optional_metadata_types | references/configuration.md |
| workflow, lifecycle, execution flow, hooks, pre_base_setup, post_base_setup, repos_configured, repos_loaded, pre_add_cmdline_packages, post_add_cmdline_packages, goal_resolved, pre_transaction, post_transaction, finish, init, create_commands, pre_configure, configure, load_additional_packages, run, goal_resolved step | references/workflow.md |
| plugins, dnf5 plugins, libdnf5 plugins, active plugins, passive plugins, IPlugin, IPlugin2_1, plugin API versioning, PluginAPIVersion, PluginVersion, LibraryVersion, DNF5_PLUGINS_DIR, LIBDNF_PLUGINS_CONFIG_DIR, actions plugin, appstream plugin, expired-pgp-keys, rhsm, local plugin, python_plugins_loader, CMakeLists.txt, dnf5_plugin_get_api_version, libdnf_plugin_get_api_version | references/plugins.md |
| daemon, dnf5daemon, D-Bus, dbus, SessionManager, open_session, close_session, polkit, PolicyKit, org.rpm.dnf.v0, Rpm interface, Repo interface, Goal interface, Base interface, Offline interface, Advisory interface, History interface, comps.Group interface, transaction signals, download signals, dnf5daemon-server, dnf5daemon-client | references/daemon.md |
| specs, NEVRA, NEVR, provides, file provides, binaries, globs, glob patterns, package-spec, group-spec, environment-spec, module-spec, NSVCA, transaction-spec, partial matching, epoch, version, release, arch, noarch, src, rich dependencies | references/specs.md |
| modularity, modulemd, module stream, active stream, inactive stream, default stream, enabled stream, module_hotfixes, modular filtering, demodularized, orphaned modular packages, fail-safe, modulefailsafe, module_platform_id, module_stream_switch | references/modularity.md |
| caching, cache, metadata, cacheonly, keepcache, build_cache, solv, repodata, temporary_files.toml, metadata_expire, optional metadata, filelists, comps, updateinfo, presto, other, metadata types, cache sharing, copy-on-write | references/caching.md |
| migration, dnf4, DNF4, changes from dnf, dropped options, renamed options, new options, command changes, API changes, configuration changes, strict deprecated, deltarpm deprecated, best default true, cacheonly enum, migrating to dnf5, Fedora migration | references/migration.md |
| libdnf5, library architecture, Base, Goal, Transaction, PackageQuery, PackageSet, Package, Repo, RepoSack, RepoQuery, ConfigMain, ConfigRepo, ConfigParser, Vars, advisory, comps, rpm, module, transaction history, system state, NEVRA, reldep, arch, changelog, checksum, rpm_signature, versionlock_config, solv, libsolv | references/libdnf5.md |
| build, CMake, CMakeLists.txt, build options, WITH_DNF5, WITH_DNF5DAEMON_SERVER, WITH_MODULEMD, WITH_TESTS, WITH_PYTHON3, WITH_PERL5, WITH_RUBY, WITH_GO, WITH_PLUGIN_ACTIONS, WITH_PLUGIN_RHSM, sanitizers, clang-format, clang-tidy, dependencies, libsolv, librepo, sdbus-cpp, fmt, librpm | references/build.md |
| aliases, TOML, command alias, cloned_named_arg, named_arg, group, aliases.d, value_help, attached_command, attached_named_args, required_values, complete, group_id, descr | references/aliases.md |
| comps, groups, environments, mandatory, default, optional, conditional, group_package_types, with-optional, no-packages, group install, group remove, environment install | references/comps.md |
| filtering, excludepkgs, includepkgs, disable_excludes, user excludes, versionlock filtering, modular filtering, module_hotfixes | references/filtering.md |
| system-state, system_state_dir, TOML, package reasons, install reason, user, dependency, weak dependency, group, external, corrupted state, regeneration | references/system-state.md |
| installroot, --installroot, use-host-config, path resolution, chroot, releasever detection, module_platform_id | references/installroot.md |
| forcearch, --forcearch, architecture override, arch, basearch, qemu-user-static | references/forcearch.md |
| repo variables, $arch, $basearch, $releasever, $releasever_major, $releasever_minor, DNF_VAR_, varsdir, variable files, DNF0-DNF9, vars substitution | references/repo-variables.md |
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