How To Install dnf-plugins-core on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugins-core on Debian 12.
What is dnf-plugins-core
dnf-plugins-core is:
This package enhances DNF with builddep, config-manager, copr, debug, debuginfo-install, download, needs-restarting, groups-manager, repoclosure, repograph, repomanage, reposync, changelog and repodiff commands.
Additionally provides generate_completion_cache passive plugin.
There are three methods to install dnf-plugins-core on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dnf-plugins-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnf-plugins-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnf-plugins-core
Install dnf-plugins-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnf-plugins-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnf-plugins-core
Install dnf-plugins-core Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dnf-plugins-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnf-plugins-core
How To Uninstall dnf-plugins-core on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dnf-plugins-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnf-plugins-core
Uninstall dnf-plugins-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnf-plugins-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnf-plugins-core
Remove dnf-plugins-core Configurations and Data
To remove dnf-plugins-core configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnf-plugins-core
Remove dnf-plugins-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnf-plugins-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnf-plugins-core
Dependencies
dnf-plugins-core have the following dependencies:
- dnf
- python3-dateutil
- python3-dbus
- python3-dnf
- python3-hawkey
- python3-libcomps
- python3-libdnf
- python3-rpm
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugins-core package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
