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Is DNF available for Rocky Linux?

Danila Vershinin

Operating System and Software

  • Rocky Linux 8

Problem

  • When will dnf replace yum in RHEL?
  • Is dnf available in Rocky Linux 8?

How to Fix

As indicated in the Rocky Linux 8 Release Notes 1:

On Rocky Linux 8, installing software is ensured by the new version of the YUM tool, which is based on the DNF technology (YUM v4).

YUM v4 is also available for the CentOS 7 release as a Technology Preview release of nextgen-yum4 2

  1. Rocky Linux – 8 – 8.0 release notes – Chapter 4. New features – Red Hat Customer Portal ↩
  2. Rocky Linux – 7.7 – 7.7 Release Notes – Chapter 7. Technology Previews – Red Hat Customer Portal ↩
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