How To Install dnf-plugins-core on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugins-core on CentOS 8.
What is dnf-plugins-core
Core Plugins for DNF. This package enhances DNF with builddep, config-manager, copr, debug, debuginfo-install, download, groups-manager, needs-restarting, repoclosure, repograph, repomanage, reposync, changelog and repodiff commands. Additionally provides generate_completion_cache passive plugin.
We can use yum or dnf to install dnf-plugins-core on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnf-plugins-core.
Install dnf-plugins-core 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-plugins-core using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
Install dnf-plugins-core 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-plugins-core using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dnf-plugins-core
How To Uninstall dnf-plugins-core on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dnf-plugins-core package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dnf-plugins-core
dnf-plugins-core Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/man/man1/yum-changelog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-builddep.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-changelog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-config-manager.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-copr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-debug.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-debuginfo-install.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-download.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-generate_completion_cache.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-groups-manager.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-needs-restarting.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-repoclosure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-repodiff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-repograph.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-repomanage.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-reposync.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-copr.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugins-core on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.