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Changes in DNF CLI compared to Yum
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 |  |
Use dnf list installed pkg instead
|
| dnf kickstart | ||
| needs-restarting | dnf needs-restarting | |
| package-cleanup | -- | covered by dnf list and dnf repoclosure; see man yum2dnf for details
|
| repoclosure | dnf repoclosure | |
| repodiff | dnf repodiff | |
| repo-graph | dnf repograph | |
| repomanage | dnf repomanage | |
| repoquery | dnf repoquery | |
| repo-rss |  |
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 | --- | RHBZ #1266780 |
| 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 | dnf groups-manager | |
| yum deplist | dnf repoquery --deplist | |
| yumdb | --- | |
| package-cleanup --problems | dnf repoquery --unsatisfied | |
| package-cleanup --dupes | dnf repoquery --duplicated | |
| package-cleanup --orphans | dnf list extras | |
| package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=1 | dnf remove $( dnf repoquery --installonly --latest-limit -1 -q ) | remove old kernels, keep one only |
| yum distro-sync | dnf distro-sync | |
| yum shell | --- |
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 | |
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
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| 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 | dnf --repofrompath <repo>,<path/url> | Is documented in man dnf |
| yum-plugin-tsflags | ||
| yum-plugin-upgrade-helper | ||
| yum-plugin-verify | ||
| yum-plugin-versionlock | dnf versionlock | [1] |