Yum to DNF Cheatsheet

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Changes in DNF CLI compared to Yum

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Yum Utils

All tools in DNF added by plugins (core, extras)

Yum Tool	DNF Tool	Notes
debuginfo-install	dnf debuginfo-install
find-repos-of-install	warn	Use dnf list installed pkg instead
	dnf kickstart
needs-restarting	dnf tracer
package-cleanup	--	covered by dnf list and dnf repoclosure; see man yum2dnf for details
repoclosure	dnf repoclosure
repodiff	fail	RHBZ #1066867
repo-graph	dnf repograph
repomanage	dnf repomanage
repoquery	dnf repoquery
repo-rss	fail	RHBZ #1066867
reposync	dnf reposync
repotrack	dnf download
show-changed-rco	---	Rarely used so we dropped it for now. Feel free to file RFE for missing functionality if you need it.
show-installed	---	Rarely used so we dropped it for now. Feel free to file RFE for missing functionality if you need it.
verifytree	---	Rarely used so we dropped it for now. Feel free to file RFE for missing functionality if you need it.
yum-builddep	dnf builddep
yum-config-manager	dnf config-manager
yum-debug-dump	dnf debug-dump
yum-debug-restore	dnf debug-restore
yumdownloader	dnf download
yum-groups-manager	---	Rarely used so we dropped it for now. Feel free to file RFE for missing functionality if you need it.
yum deplist	---
yumdb	---
package-cleanup --problems	---
package-cleanup --dupes	---
package-cleanup --orphans	---
yum distro-sync	dnf distro-sync
yum shell	---
yum-config-manager	---

Plugins

Yum Plugin	DNF Plugin	Notes
yum-langpacks	dnf-langpacks	All lang* commands are available to use in dnf-langpacks now. But its still not 100% complete.
yum-plugin-aliases
yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info
yum-plugin-changelog	fail	RHBZ #1066867
yum-plugin-copr	dnf-plugins-core
yum-plugin-fastestmirror	dnf	part of standard dnf; could be disabled in config, see fastestmirror option in man dnf.conf
yum-plugin-filter-data
yum-plugin-fs-snapshot	dnf-plugins-extras-snapper
yum-plugin-keys
yum-plugin-list-data
yum-plugin-local	dnf-plugins-extras-local
yum-plugin-merge-conf	dnf-plugins-extras-rpmconf	DNF plugin works via external tool 'rpmconf'
yum-plugin-post-transaction-actions
yum-plugin-priorities	dnf	part of standard dnf; see priority option in man dnf.conf
yum-plugin-protectbase
yum-plugin-ps	dnf-plugins-extras-tracer dnf-plugins-core	Not fully equal. tracer runs after transaction and have command to run manually. needs_restarting runs only after transaction.
yum-plugin-puppetverify
yum-plugin-refresh-updatesd
yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves	dnf autoremove
yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache
yum-plugin-show-leaves	dnf leaves	dnf-plugins-extras-leaves
yum-plugin-tmprepo
yum-plugin-tsflags
yum-plugin-upgrade-helper
yum-plugin-verify
yum-plugin-versionlock	dnf versionlock	dnf-plugins-extras-versionlock