Appendix A. DNF commands list

A.1. Commands for listing content in RHEL
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Use the following DNF commands to search and examine available or installed software for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 system.

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Command	Description
`dnf search <term>`	Search for a package by using term related to the package.
`dnf repoquery <package_name>`	Search for enabled DNF repositories for a selected package and its version.
`dnf list`	List information about all installed and available packages.
`dnf list --installed` `dnf repoquery --installed`	List all packages installed on your system.
`dnf list --available` `dnf repoquery`	List all packages in all enabled repositories that are available to install.
`dnf repolist`	List all enabled repositories on your system.
`dnf repolist --disabled`	List all disabled repositories on your system.
`dnf repolist --all`	List both enabled and disabled repositories.
`dnf repoinfo`	List additional information about the repositories.
`dnf info <package_name>` `dnf repoquery --info <package_name>`	Display details of an available package.
`dnf repoquery --info --installed <package_name>`	Display details of a package installed on your system.
`dnf group summary`	View the number of installed and available groups.
`dnf group list`	List all installed and available groups.
`dnf group info <group_name>`	List mandatory and optional packages included in a particular group.

Use the following commands to install software on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 system.

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Command	Description
`dnf install <package_name>`	Install a package.
`dnf install <package_name_1> <package_name_2>`	Install multiple packages and their dependencies simultaneously.
`dnf install <package_name>.<architecture>`	Specify the architecture of the package by appending it to the package name when installing packages on a multilib system (AMD64, Intel 64 machine).
`dnf install <path_to_file>`	Install a binary by using the path to the binary as an argument.
`dnf install <path_to_RPM_file>`	Install a local RPM file.
`dnf install <package_url>`	Install a remote package by using a package URL.
`dnf group install <group_name>`	Install a package group by a group name.
`dnf group install <group_ID>`	Install a package group by the group ID.

Use the following DNF commands to uninstall software from your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 system.

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Command	Description
`dnf remove <package_name>`	Remove a particular package and all dependent packages.
`dnf remove <package_name_1> <package_name_2>`	Remove multiple packages and their unused dependencies simultaneously.
`dnf group remove <group_name>`	Remove a package group by the group name.
`dnf group remove <group_ID>`	Remove a package group by the group ID.