tdnf Command Options

You can add the following options to tdnf commands. If the option to override a configuration is unavailable in a command, you can add it to the /etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf configuration file.

OPTION                     DESCRIPTION
--allowerasing             Allow erasing of installed packages to resolve dependencies
--assumeno                 Answer no for all questions
--best                     Try the best available package versions in transactions
--debugsolver              Dump data aiding in dependency solver debugging info.
--disablerepo=<repoid>     Disable specific repositories by an id or a glob.
--enablerepo=<repoid>      Enable specific repositories
-h, --help                 Display help
--refresh                  Set metadata as expired before running command
--nogpgcheck               Skip gpg check on packages
--rpmverbosity=<debug level name>
                           Debug level for rpm
--version                  Print version and exit
-y, --assumeyes            Answer yes to all questions
-q, --quiet                Quiet operation
--downloadonly             Enables you to download the packages and dependencies that are
                           not installed to the cache.
--downloaddir=dir          Downloads the packages to the specified directory 

The following is an example that adds the short form of the assumeyes option to the install command:

tdnf -y install gcc
Upgrading:
gcc 	x86_64	5.3.0-1.ph1 	91.35 M

The following is an example for the downloadonly option with the install command:

tdnf install --downloadonly less
    
Installing:
    
lessx86_64551-2.ph4 photon234.35k 239976
       
Total installed size: 234.35k 239976
  
tdnf will only download packages needed for the transaction
   
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading:
   
less117650   100%
    
Complete!
   
Packages have been downloaded to cache.

The following is an example for the downloaddir=dir option with the install command:

tdnf install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/tmp less
 
Installing:

lessx86_64551-2.ph4 photon234.35k 239976
        
Total installed size: 234.35k 239976

tdnf will only download packages needed for the transaction

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading:

less117650   100%

    
Complete!

Packages have been downloaded to /tmp.

root [ /build/build ]# ls -l /tmp/less-551-2.ph4.x86_64.rpm 

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 117650 Feb 22 18:43 /tmp/less-551-2.ph4.x86_64.rpm
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