How To Install repo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install repo in Fedora 36. repo is Repository management tool built on top of git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install repo on Fedora 36.

What is `repo`

Repo is a tool built on top of Git. Repo helps manage many Git repositories, does the uploads to revision control systems, and automates parts of the development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git.

We can use yum or dnf to install repo on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install repo.

Install repo on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install repo

Install repo on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install repo

How To Uninstall repo on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove repo

repo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/repo
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/repo
/usr/share/doc/repo
/usr/share/doc/repo/README.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/internal-fs-layout.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/manifest-format.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/python-support.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/release-process.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/repo-hooks.md
/usr/share/doc/repo/windows.md
/usr/share/licenses/repo
/usr/share/licenses/repo/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-abandon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-branch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-branches.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-checkout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-cherry-pick.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-diff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-diffmanifests.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-download.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-forall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-gitc-delete.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-gitc-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-grep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-manifest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-overview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-prune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-rebase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-selfupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-smartsync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-stage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-start.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-upload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo-version.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/repo.1.gz

References

repo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install repo on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).