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DNF

RPM package manager successor of yum and based on libsolv
CreativeWork free_and_open_source_software Q18851353

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
free and open-source software, package manager[1]
Inception
May 11, 2015
Language of work or name
multiple languages
Follows
Yellowdog Updater[2]
Official website
rpm-software-management.github.io
Has use
package manager
Copyright license
GNU General Public License, version 2.0[5]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Depends on software
libsolv, libdnf, librepo, libcomps
Developer
Fedora Project, Red Hat[3][4]
Operating system
Fedora Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS[15][16][17]
Programmed in
Python, C++, XML, CMake, shell script, Python, CMake, XML, Ruby, SQL, C, Perl, shell script[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Programmer
Marek Blaha
Replaces
Yellowdog Updater
Software version identifier
1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4.1, 2.5.1, 2.7.5, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 4.0.9.1, 4.2.6, 4.2.9, 4.2.11, 4.2.23, 4.4.2, 4.9.0, 4.10.0, 4.11.1, 4.12.0, 4.13.0, 4.14.0, 5.0.7, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 4.15.0, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 4.15.1, 5.0.10, 5.0.11, 5.0.12, 4.16.0, 4.16.1, 5.0.13, 5.0.14, 5.0.15, 4.16.2, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 4.17.0, 5.1.3, 4.18.0, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 4.18.1, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 4.18.2, 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.11, 4.19.0, 5.1.12, 5.1.2, 5.1.13, 5.1.14, 5.1.15, 4.19.1, 4.19.2, 5.1.16, 5.1.17, 4.20.0, 5.2.0.0, 5.2.1.0, 5.2.2.0, 5.2.3.0, 4.21.0, 5.2.4.0, 4.21.1, 5.2.5.0, 5.2.6.0, 5.2.6.1, 5.2.6.2, 5.2.7.0, 4.22.0, 5.2.8.0, 5.2.8.1, 5.2.9.0, 5.2.10.0, 5.2.11.0, 5.2.12.0, 4.23.0, 5.2.13.0, 5.2.13.1, 5.2.14.0, 5.2.15.0, 5.2.16.0, 5.2.17.0, 4.24.0, 5.3.0.0, 5.4.0.0, 5.4.1.0, 5.4.2.0, 5.4.2.1, 5.4.3.0, 5.4.4.0, 5.4.5.0, 5.4.6.0, 5.4.7.0[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dandified Yum en DNF ar دانديفايد يم cs Dandified YUM cs YUMv4 fa دی‌ان‌اف (نرم افزار) fr Dandified Yum ja DNF pt DNF ru Dandified YUM ru DNF (менеджер пакетов) uk Dandified Yum
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DNF running on Fedora 26.png ↗
AUR package
dnf
FreeBSD port
sysutils/dnf
Freebase ID
/m/012nxvpp
OpenSUSE package
dnf
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
19818
Repology project name
dnf4, dnf5
Source code repository URL
github.com, github.com

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🔗 Connections
← Update method 6
Fedora Linux, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, ROSA Linux, RED OS
Programmed in 5
Python, C++, XML, CMake, shell script
← Package management system 4
Fedora Linux, ROSA Linux, CentOS Stream, RED OS
Depends on software 3
libcomps, libdnf, librepo
Developer 2
Red Hat, Fedora Project
Instance of 2
free and open-source software, package manager
Operating system 2
Fedora Linux, CentOS
Copyright license 1
GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Follows 1
Yellowdog Updater
Has use 1
package manager
Language of work or name 1
multiple languages
Replaces 1
Yellowdog Updater
← Replaced by 1
Yellowdog Updater
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AlmaLinux C++ CentOS CentOS Stream Fedora Linux Fedora Project libcomps libdnf librepo Python Red Hat RED OS Rocky Linux ROSA Linux XML

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  18. [18] ↑ . dnf.baseurl.org. dnf.baseurl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 1d ago · S8321414 · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0 +107
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 5.4.7.0"
  2. 1d ago · S8321414 · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0 +107
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 5.4.6.0"
  3. 1d ago · S8321414 · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Repology project name → dnf4, dnf5
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 5.4.5.0"
  4. 18d ago · ~2026-55790-45 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Repology project name → dnf4, dnf5
    Software version identifier → 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0 +107
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'bg', 'bn', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Repology project name: dnf4"
  5. 7w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0 +107
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 5.4.4.0"
  6. 17w ago · Alter73 · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 2.0 +107
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 5.4.2.1"
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