There's a handful of popular package managers that are used on various Linux distributions, and dnf is among the most popular. It's the default package manager on distros such as Red Hat, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Fedora, among others. In this video, we'll explore the dnf command and see examples of basic usage.
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## Individual sections
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Sponsor for this video: Linode
02:30 - What is "dnf"?
03:14 - Installing a single package with dnf
07:45 - Using dnf to search for a package to install
09:45 - Listing installed packages
11:10 - Listing packages that have been recently updated
12:06 - Installing more than one package at a time
15:48 - Uninstalling packages with dnf
17:39 - Updating a package to the latest version
18:47 - Updating all installed packages to the latest version
20:41 - Setting up automatic updates with dnf-automatic
24:00 - Reinstalling a package with dnf
25:29 - Removing unused dependencies
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