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Fedora

Package manager

Use DNF to find, install, update, and remove software on Fedora.

DNF in a sentence

Fedora uses DNF to manage software. It gets packages from Fedora’s repositories, installs anything they depend on, and keeps your system up to date.

The commands you’ll use most

Update Fedora

Run this regularly to install available updates.

sh
sudo dnf update

Find a package

Search by name or description when you are not sure what a package is called.

sh
dnf search package-name

DNF info

Use dnf info when you want to see a package’s description, version, and repository before installing it.

sh
dnf info package-name

Install a package

Install a package by its name.

sh
sudo dnf install package-name

Remove a package

Remove a package you no longer need.

sh
sudo dnf remove package-name

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