Appendix A. DNF commands list

A.1. Commands for listing content in RHEL
Copier lien

The following are the commonly used DNF commands for finding content and its details in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10:

Expand

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.

The following are the commonly used DNF commands for installing content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10:

Expand

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.

The following are the commonly used DNF commands for removing content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10:

Expand

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.