How To Install dnf on CentOS 8

dnf is Package manager Package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf on CentOS 8.

What is `dnf`

Utility that allows users to manage packages on their systems. It supports RPMs, modules and comps groups & environments. dnf 4.4.2 11.el8 noarch 539 k dnf-4.4.2-11.el8.src.rpm baseos Package manager https GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and GPL Utility that allows users to manage packages on their systems. It supports RPMs, modules and comps groups & environments.

We can use yum or dnf to install dnf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnf.

Install dnf on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dnf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf

Install dnf on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dnf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf

How To Uninstall dnf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dnf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf

dnf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dnf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-makecache.timer
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dnf
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fil/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/dnf.mo
/usr/share/man/man5/dnf-transaction-json.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dnf.modularity.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum2dnf.8.gz
/var/cache/dnf

References

[dnf website](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.