Inspect dnf
configuration.
Prerequisites
Install config-manager
for dnf
.
$ sudo dnf install 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
Display help information.
$ dnf config-manager --help
usage: dnf config-manager [-c [config file]] [-q] [-v] [--version] [--installroot [path]] [--nodocs] [--noplugins] [--enableplugin [plugin]] [--disableplugin [plugin]] [--releasever RELEASEVER] [--setopt SETOPTS] [--skip-broken] [-h] [--allowerasing] [-b | --nobest] [-C] [-R [minutes]] [-d [debug level]] [--debugsolver] [--showduplicates] [-e ERRORLEVEL] [--obsoletes] [--rpmverbosity [debug level name]] [-y] [--assumeno] [--enablerepo [repo]] [--disablerepo [repo] | --repo [repo]] [--enable | --disable] [-x [package]] [--disableexcludes [repo]] [--repofrompath [repo,path]] [--noautoremove] [--nogpgcheck] [--color COLOR] [--refresh] [-4] [-6] [--destdir DESTDIR] [--downloadonly] [--comment COMMENT] [--bugfix] [--enhancement] [--newpackage] [--security] [--advisory ADVISORY] [--bz BUGZILLA] [--cve CVES] [--sec-severity {Critical,Important,Moderate,Low}] [--forcearch ARCH] [--save] [--add-repo URL] [--dump] [--dump-variables] [--set-enabled | --set-disabled] [repo ...] manage dnf configuration options and repositories General DNF options: -c [config file], --config [config file] config file location -q, --quiet quiet operation -v, --verbose verbose operation --version show DNF version and exit --installroot [path] set install root --nodocs do not install documentations --noplugins disable all plugins --enableplugin [plugin] enable plugins by name --disableplugin [plugin] disable plugins by name --releasever RELEASEVER override the value of $releasever in config and repo files --setopt SETOPTS set arbitrary config and repo options --skip-broken resolve depsolve problems by skipping packages -h, --help, --help-cmd show command help --allowerasing allow erasing of installed packages to resolve dependencies -b, --best try the best available package versions in transactions. --nobest do not limit the transaction to the best candidate -C, --cacheonly run entirely from system cache, don't update cache -R [minutes], --randomwait [minutes] maximum command wait time -d [debug level], --debuglevel [debug level] debugging output level --debugsolver dumps detailed solving results into files --showduplicates show duplicates, in repos, in list/search commands -e ERRORLEVEL, --errorlevel ERRORLEVEL error output level --obsoletes enables dnf's obsoletes processing logic for upgrade or display capabilities that the package obsoletes for info, list and repoquery --rpmverbosity [debug level name] debugging output level for rpm -y, --assumeyes automatically answer yes for all questions --assumeno automatically answer no for all questions --enablerepo [repo] Enable additional repositories. List option. Supports globs, can be specified multiple times. --disablerepo [repo] Disable repositories. List option. Supports globs, can be specified multiple times. --repo [repo], --repoid [repo] enable just specific repositories by an id or a glob, can be specified multiple times --enable enable repos with config-manager command (automatically saves) --disable disable repos with config-manager command (automatically saves) -x [package], --exclude [package], --excludepkgs [package] exclude packages by name or glob --disableexcludes [repo], --disableexcludepkgs [repo] disable excludepkgs --repofrompath [repo,path] label and path to an additional repository to use (same path as in a baseurl), can be specified multiple times. --noautoremove disable removal of dependencies that are no longer used --nogpgcheck disable gpg signature checking (if RPM policy allows) --color COLOR control whether color is used --refresh set metadata as expired before running the command -4 resolve to IPv4 addresses only -6 resolve to IPv6 addresses only --destdir DESTDIR, --downloaddir DESTDIR set directory to copy packages to --downloadonly only download packages --comment COMMENT add a comment to transaction --bugfix Include bugfix relevant packages, in updates --enhancement Include enhancement relevant packages, in updates --newpackage Include newpackage relevant packages, in updates --security Include security relevant packages, in updates --advisory ADVISORY, --advisories ADVISORY Include packages needed to fix the given advisory, in updates --bz BUGZILLA, --bzs BUGZILLA Include packages needed to fix the given BZ, in updates --cve CVES, --cves CVES Include packages needed to fix the given CVE, in updates --sec-severity {Critical,Important,Moderate,Low}, --secseverity {Critical,Important,Moderate,Low} Include security relevant packages matching the severity, in updates --forcearch ARCH Force the use of an architecture Config-manager command-specific options: --save save the current options (useful with --setopt) --add-repo URL add (and enable) the repo from the specified file or url --dump print current configuration values to stdout --dump-variables print variable values to stdout --set-enabled enable repos (automatically saves) --set-disabled disable repos (automatically saves) repo repo to modify
Inspect global configuration
Display current configuration.
$ dnf config-manager --dump
======================================================================================= main ======================================================================================= [main] allow_vendor_change = 1 assumeno = 0 assumeyes = 0 autocheck_running_kernel = 1 bandwidth = 0 best = 1 bugtracker_url = https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&component=dnf cachedir = /var/cache/dnf cacheonly = 0 check_config_file_age = 1 clean_requirements_on_remove = 1 color = auto color_list_available_downgrade = magenta color_list_available_install = bold,cyan color_list_available_reinstall = bold,underline,green color_list_available_upgrade = bold,blue color_list_installed_extra = bold,red color_list_installed_newer = bold,yellow color_list_installed_older = yellow color_list_installed_reinstall = cyan color_search_match = bold,magenta color_update_installed = red color_update_local = green color_update_remote = bold,green config_file_path = /etc/dnf/dnf.conf countme = 0 debug_solver = 0 debuglevel = 2 defaultyes = 0 deltarpm = 1 deltarpm_percentage = 75 disable_excludes = diskspacecheck = 1 enabled = 1 enablegroups = 1 errorlevel = 3 exclude = exclude_from_weak = exclude_from_weak_autodetect = 1 excludepkgs = exit_on_lock = 0 fastestmirror = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey_dns_verification = 0 group_package_types = mandatory, default, conditional history_list_view = commands history_record = 1 history_record_packages = dnf, rpm ignorearch = 0 includepkgs = install_weak_deps = 1 installonly_limit = 3 installonlypkgs = kernel, kernel-PAE, installonlypkg(kernel), installonlypkg(kernel-module), installonlypkg(vm), multiversion(kernel) installroot = / ip_resolve = whatever keepcache = 0 localpkg_gpgcheck = 0 log_compress = 0 log_rotate = 4 log_size = 1048576 logdir = /var/log logfilelevel = 9 max_parallel_downloads = 10 metadata_expire = 172800 metadata_timer_sync = 10800 minrate = 1000 module_obsoletes = 0 module_stream_switch = 0 multilib_policy = best obsoletes = 1 password = persistdir = /var/lib/dnf pluginconfpath = /etc/dnf/plugins pluginpath = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dnf-plugins plugins = 1 protect_running_kernel = 1 protected_packages = dnf, systemd, systemd-udev, dnf, yum, sudo, systemd, systemd-udev, dnf, yum, sudo proxy = proxy_auth_method = any proxy_sslcacert = proxy_sslclientcert = proxy_sslclientkey = proxy_sslverify = 1 recent = 7 repo_gpgcheck = 0 reposdir = /etc/yum.repos.d, /etc/yum/repos.d, /etc/distro.repos.d reset_nice = 1 retries = 10 rpmverbosity = info showdupesfromrepos = 0 skip_broken = 0 skip_if_unavailable = 0 sslcacert = sslclientcert = sslclientkey = sslverify = 1 sslverifystatus = 0 strict = 1 system_cachedir = /var/cache/dnf throttle = 0 timeout = 30 transformdb = 1 tsflags = upgrade_group_objects_upgrade = 1 user_agent = libdnf (CentOS Stream 9; generic; Linux.x86_64) username = varsdir = /etc/yum/vars, /etc/dnf/vars zchunk = 1
Display configuration options related to the specific phrase.
$ dnf config-manager --dump | awk -F " = " '$1~/ssl/ {print}'
proxy_sslcacert = proxy_sslclientcert = proxy_sslclientkey = proxy_sslverify = 1 sslcacert = sslclientcert = sslclientkey = sslverify = 1 sslverifystatus = 0
Display particular configuration option.
$ dnf config-manager --dump | awk -F " = " '$1=="cachedir" {print $2}'
/var/cache/dnf
Display configuration variables.
$ dnf config-manager --dump-variables
arch = x86_64 basearch = x86_64 stream = 9-stream releasever = 9
Inspect repository configuration
Display configured repositories.
$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name appstream CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream baseos CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS extras-common CentOS Stream 9 - Extras packages
Display repository configuration.
$ dnf config-manager --dump appstream
================================================================================= repo: appstream ================================================================================== [appstream] bandwidth = 0 baseurl = cachedir = /var/cache/dnf cost = 1000 countme = 1 deltarpm = 1 deltarpm_percentage = 75 enabled = 1 enabled_metadata = enablegroups = 1 exclude = excludepkgs = fastestmirror = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-centosofficial includepkgs = ip_resolve = whatever max_parallel_downloads = 10 mediaid = metadata_expire = 21600 metalink = https://mirrors.centos.org/metalink?repo=centos-appstream-9-stream&arch=x86_64&protocol=https,http minrate = 1000 module_hotfixes = 0 name = CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream password = priority = 99 protected_packages = dnf, systemd, systemd-udev, dnf, yum, sudo, systemd, systemd-udev, dnf, yum, sudo proxy = proxy_auth_method = any proxy_sslcacert = proxy_sslclientcert = proxy_sslclientkey = proxy_sslverify = 1 repo_gpgcheck = 0 retries = 10 skip_if_unavailable = 0 sslcacert = sslclientcert = sslclientkey = sslverify = 1 sslverifystatus = 0 throttle = 0 timeout = 30 type = user_agent = libdnf (CentOS Stream 9; generic; Linux.x86_64) username =
Store configuration option
Inspect configuration file.
$ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
[main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True best=True skip_if_unavailable=False max_parallel_downloads=10 fastestmirror=True
Alter particular configuration option.
$ dnf config-manager --setopt max_parallel_downloads=5 --save
Inspect configuration file again.
$ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
[main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True best=True skip_if_unavailable=False max_parallel_downloads=5 fastestmirror=True