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= | Disable specific repositories by an id or a glob. |
| –enablerepo= | 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 | Displays the tdnf 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. |
| –alldeps | Enables you to downloads all dependencies for a package regardless of whether they are installed. This command is valid when used together with –downloadonly command. |
| –downloaddir=dir | Downloads the packages to the specified directory |
| -C, –cacheonly | Disables downloading metadata, and enables usage of the cached metadata even if it is expired. |
| –config file, -c file | Use an alternative configuration file |
| –exclude=package1[,package2[…]] | Enables you to list the packages that you want to exclude from the operations. |
| –disableexcludes | Disables excludes even if the excludes option is present in the configuration file. |
| –disablerepo=pattern | Disables one or more repositories. You can set it to a repoid or a pattern. You can also use it together with --enablerepo, but it is mutually exclusive with --repo/--repoid. For example, tdnf --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=photon list. |
| –enablerepo=pattern | Enables one or more repositories. You can set it to a repoid or a pattern. This command is mutually exclusive with --repo/--repoid. |
| –downloaddir=directory | Specifies a directory where to download the packages. If the directory is not specified, the package is downloaded in the cache directory. You can only use it together with --downloadonly. |
| –installroot=directory | Allows you to install packages relative to this directory. Unless you specify with -c or --config, tdnf uses the following configuration file in this directory: etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf. If the configuration file is not present in this directory, tdnf uses the following configuration file in the host: /etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf. This is the same for the repository configurations. The cache directory is relative to the installroot. Note that the cache directory is created, if necessary. |
| –json, -j | Enables you to get the output information in JSON format. Using tdnf with its alias tdnfj is similar to using tdnf with tdnf -j -y. |
| –noautoremove | Disables automatic removal of orphaned dependencies regardless of the clean_requirements_on_remove option. |
| –repofrompath=repoid,baseurl | Adds a repository with the id repoid and baseurl as the base url. This is equivalent to adding a repository with the repoid and the baseurl. You can reference the repository with the id, for example, with --repoid.Example: You can use this multiple times to add multiple repositories. |
| –repoid id, –repo id | Enables you to select a particular repository based on its ID. For example, --repoid=photon is equivalent to --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=photon. You can specify the repository multiple times. |
| –releasever | Enables you to specify the release version of the distribution. If installed, the version is taken from the package that provides the system-release unless configured otherwise. Setting this is useful while installing the distribution when you use --installroot. |
| –skip-broken | Allows skipping failures if a package is not available or has broken dependencies. |
| –testonly | Tests RPM transactions. Note that this command does not install anything. |
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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