Using DNF to install, remove, and update packages on Fedora

By Heidy Ramirez-January 22, 2021

DNF just like APT is a package manager but built for Fedora. DNF is used on Fedora as a replacement to YUM (Yellow-Dog Updater Modified) and now is its default package manager. In the article, we will go through installing, removing, and upgrading packages for Fedora OS using DNF.

Install packages

To install a package with DNF use the syntax dnf install package_name. For example:

sudo dnf install nano

Remove packages

To remove a package, use the following syntax dnf remove package_name. For example:

sudo dnf remove nano

Update and Upgrade packages

You can update and upgrade packages with the dnf upgrade command.

sudo dnf upgrade

If you would like to see a list of the main dnf commands use:

dnf --help

It’s that simple. Now you can start managing your Fedora shell using DNF.