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

dnf-plugins-core website

Summary

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

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