How To Install dnf-data on CentOS 8

dnf-data is Common data and configuration files for DNF Common data and configuration files for DNF

Introduction

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

What is dnf-data

Common data and configuration files for DNF dnf-data 4.4.2 11.el8 noarch 152 k dnf-4.4.2-11.el8.src.rpm baseos Common data and configuration files for DNF https GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and GPL Common data and configuration files for DNF

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

Install dnf-data 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-data using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-data

Install dnf-data 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-data using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-data

How To Uninstall dnf-data on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dnf-data

dnf-data Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/dnf
/etc/dnf/aliases.d
/etc/dnf/dnf.conf
/etc/dnf/modules.d
/etc/dnf/modules.defaults.d
/etc/dnf/plugins
/etc/dnf/protected.d
/etc/dnf/protected.d/dnf.conf
/etc/dnf/vars
/etc/libreport/events.d/collect_dnf.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/dnf
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/dnf.conf
/usr/share/doc/dnf
/usr/share/doc/dnf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dnf/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/dnf
/usr/share/licenses/dnf/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dnf/PACKAGE-LICENSING
/usr/share/man/man5/dnf.conf.5.gz
/var/lib/dnf
/var/lib/dnf/groups.json
/var/lib/dnf/history
/var/lib/dnf/yumdb
/var/log/dnf.librepo.log
/var/log/dnf.log
/var/log/dnf.plugin.log
/var/log/dnf.rpm.log
/var/log/hawkey.log

References

Summary

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