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Package Management with dnf

#rhel10  #linux  #rpm  #dnf 

List the enabled repos: either with dnf repolist or dnf repolist --enabled. I can add the verbose option -v.

user1@localhost:~$ dnf repolist -v
Loaded plugins: builddep, changelog, config-manager, copr, debuginfo-install, download, generate_completion_cache, groups-manager, kpatch, needs-restarting, notify-packagekit, playground, product-id, repoclosure, repodiff, repograph, repomanage, reposync, subscription-manager, system-upgrade, uploadprofile
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
DNF version: 4.20.0
cachedir: /var/tmp/dnf-user1-w76vxc5s
OS software                                                   2.7 MB/s | 2.7 kB     00:00    
Application software                                          2.7 MB/s | 2.8 kB     00:00    
Repo-id            : AppStream
Repo-name          : Application software
Repo-revision      : 1761027148
Repo-updated       : Tue 21 Oct 2025 08:12:28 AM CEST
Repo-pkgs          : 4,514
Repo-available-pkgs: 4,514
Repo-size          : 6.5 G
Repo-baseurl       : file:///mnt/AppStream
Repo-expire        : 172,800 second(s) (last: Sat 04 Jul 2026 10:29:26 PM CEST)
Repo-filename      : /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

Repo-id            : baseOS
Repo-name          : OS software
Repo-revision      : 1761027164
Repo-updated       : Tue 21 Oct 2025 08:12:45 AM CEST
Repo-pkgs          : 946
Repo-available-pkgs: 946
Repo-size          : 1.3 G
Repo-baseurl       : file:///mnt/BaseOS
Repo-expire        : 172,800 second(s) (last: Sat 04 Jul 2026 10:29:26 PM CEST)
Repo-filename      : /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo
Total packages: 5,460
user1@localhost:~$ 

user1@localhost:~$ dnf repolist --enabled -v
Loaded plugins: builddep, changelog, config-manager, copr, debuginfo-install, download, generate_completion_cache, groups-manager, kpatch, needs-restarting, notify-packagekit, playground, product-id, repoclosure, repodiff, repograph, repomanage, reposync, subscription-manager, system-upgrade, uploadprofile
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated
DNF version: 4.20.0
cachedir: /var/tmp/dnf-user1-w76vxc5s
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:39 ago on Sat 11 Jul 2026 05:38:51 PM CEST.
Repo-id            : AppStream
Repo-name          : Application software
Repo-revision      : 1761027148
Repo-updated       : Tue 21 Oct 2025 08:12:28 AM CEST
Repo-pkgs          : 4,514
Repo-available-pkgs: 4,514
Repo-size          : 6.5 G
Repo-baseurl       : file:///mnt/AppStream
Repo-expire        : 172,800 second(s) (last: Sat 11 Jul 2026 05:38:51 PM CEST)
Repo-filename      : /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

Repo-id            : baseOS
Repo-name          : OS software
Repo-revision      : 1761027164
Repo-updated       : Tue 21 Oct 2025 08:12:45 AM CEST
Repo-pkgs          : 946
Repo-available-pkgs: 946
Repo-size          : 1.3 G
Repo-baseurl       : file:///mnt/BaseOS
Repo-expire        : 172,800 second(s) (last: Sat 11 Jul 2026 05:38:51 PM CEST)
Repo-filename      : /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo
Total packages: 5,460
user1@localhost:~$

#LessonLearned There is no difference in output between dnf repolist -v and dnf repolist --enabled -v.

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Linux Package Management with RPM

#rhel10  #rpm  # 

RPM Package States

An RPM package can be in either of the following states:

  • installed
  • available, i.e. installable:
    • as an individual physical RPM file, such as downloaded from a public RPM repository,
    • as a physical RPM file, part of a DNF repository.

Verify the integrity of an available RPM package

To verify the integrity, i.e. non corruption, of a RPM package: rpm -K. The command runs on the physical file of the RPM package. The command instructs the system to generate hash values based on the header and payload of the RPM physical file and compare them with the hash values stored in the RPM physical file itself.

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