Go to file
Evan Goode 6e25601c59 ci: Remove "DNF CI" workflow
We would like to switch to exclusively using Packit for building and
testing pull requests, so we are retiring this GitHub Actions workflow.

In order to fully disable the action, this commit must be applied on
each branch in the upstream repository. Otherwise, the action might be
triggered by a pull request to some stale branch.
2025-06-12 20:48:36 +00:00
.tito Initialized to use tito. 2020-01-10 09:37:18 +01:00
bin Remove /usr/bin from sys.path to avoid accidentally importing garbage 2022-02-25 10:35:54 +01:00
dnf Ignore processing variable files with unsupported encoding (RhBug:2141215) 2023-02-28 10:19:57 +01:00
doc Move system-upgrade plugin to core (RhBug:2054235) 2023-02-28 10:15:39 +01:00
etc Small change to better present the option 2022-05-23 15:26:47 +02:00
po Translations update 2022-08-19 19:57:23 +02:00
scripts Fix python3.11 build: remove deprecated, update traceback regex 2022-01-12 12:58:49 +01:00
tests Fix plugins unit tests + unload plugins upon their deletion 2023-02-28 10:15:47 +01:00
.git-commit-template Introduce changelog metadata in commit messages 2020-07-27 12:54:04 +02:00
.gitignore [swdb]: integration squashed 2017-10-19 13:52:32 +02:00
AUTHORS AUTHORS: add Laszlo Ersek 2022-04-28 13:16:02 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt Remove distutils which are deprecated in python3.10 (RhBug:1950229) 2021-04-21 13:42:58 +02:00
COPYING packaging: update COPYING. 2012-06-19 17:25:42 +02:00
PACKAGE-LICENSING docs: Replace Yum with YUM. 2018-04-27 08:58:50 +00:00
README.rst README: Reference Fedora Weblate instead of Zanata 2020-07-30 13:01:25 +02:00
VERSION.cmake Release 4.14.0 2022-09-09 13:21:13 +02:00
dnf.spec Release 4.14.0 2022-09-09 13:21:13 +02:00
setup.cfg Increase PEP8 line length to 120 chars 2020-06-30 11:32:48 +02:00
sideci.yml setup SideCI to ignore some PEP8 violations 2016-11-21 10:34:27 +00:00

README.rst

.. image:: https://translate.fedoraproject.org/widgets/dnf/-/dnf-master/svg-badge.svg
    :alt: Translation status
    :target: https://translate.fedoraproject.org/engage/dnf/?utm_source=widget
###############
 Dandified YUM
###############

.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/gh-pages/logos/DNF_logo.png
 
Dandified YUM (DNF) is the next upcoming major version of `YUM <http://yum.baseurl.org/>`_. It does package management using `RPM <http://rpm.org/>`_, `libsolv <https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv>`_ and `hawkey <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/hawkey>`_ libraries. For metadata handling and package downloads it utilizes `librepo <https://github.com/tojaj/librepo>`_. To process and effectively handle the comps data it uses `libcomps <https://github.com/midnightercz/libcomps>`_.

============
 Installing
============

DNF and all its dependencies are available in Fedora 18 and later, including the
rawhide Fedora.

Optionally you can use repositories with DNF nightly builds for last 2 stable Fedora versions available at copr://rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf-nightly. You can enable the repository e.g. using:: 

    dnf copr enable rpmsoftwaremanagement/dnf-nightly

Then install DNF typing::

    sudo yum install dnf

In other RPM-based distributions you need to build all the components from their
sources.

======================
 Building from source
======================

All commands should be run from the DNF git checkout directory.

To install the build dependencies::

    sudo dnf builddep dnf.spec

To build DNF::

    mkdir build;
    pushd build;
    cmake ..; # add '-DPYTHON_DESIRED="3"' option for Python 3 build
    make;
    popd;

To run DNF when compiled for Python2::

    PYTHONPATH=`readlink -f .` bin/dnf-2 <arguments>

To run DNF when compiled for Python3::

    PYTHONPATH=`readlink -f .` bin/dnf-3 <arguments>

If you want to build the manpages, use the option ``-DWITH_MAN=0`` with cmake.

Man pages will be located in ``build/doc`` and can be read with ``man -l``, e.g::

    man -l build/doc/dnf.8

=============================
 Building and installing rpm
=============================

From the DNF git checkout directory::

    $ tito build --test --rpm
    # dnf install /tmp/tito/noarch/*

===============
 Running tests
===============

From the DNF git checkout directory::

    mkdir build;
    pushd build;
    cmake .. && make ARGS="-V" test;
    popd;

==============
 Contribution
==============

Here's the most direct way to get your work merged into the project.

1. Fork the project
#. Clone down your fork
#. Implement your feature or bug fix and commit changes
#. If the change fixes a bug at `Red Hat bugzilla <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>`_, or if it is important to the end user, add the following block to the commit message::

    = changelog =
    msg:           message to be included in the changelog
    type:          one of: bugfix/enhancement/security (this field is required when message is present)
    resolves:      URLs to bugs or issues resolved by this commit (can be specified multiple times)
    related:       URLs to any related bugs or issues (can be specified multiple times)

   * For example::

       = changelog =
       msg: Verify GPG signatures when running dnf-automatic
       type: bugfix
       resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793298

   * For your convenience, you can also use git commit template by running the following command in the top-level directory of this project::

       git config commit.template ./.git-commit-template

#. In special commit add your name and email under ``DNF CONTRIBUTORS`` section in `authors file <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/blob/master/AUTHORS>`_ as a reward for your generosity
#. Push the branch up to your fork
#. Send a pull request for your branch

Please, do not create the pull requests with translation (.po) files improvements. Fix the translation on `Fedora Weblate <https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/dnf/>`_ instead.

===============
 Documentation
===============

The DNF package distribution contains man pages, dnf(8) and dnf.conf(8). It is also possible to `read the DNF documentation <http://dnf.readthedocs.org>`_ online, the page includes API documentation. There's also a `wiki <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/wiki>`_ meant for contributors to DNF and related projects.

====================
 Bug reporting etc.
====================

Please report discovered bugs to the `Red Hat bugzilla <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>`_ following this `guide <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/wiki/Bug-Reporting>`_. If you planned to propose the patch in the report, consider `Contribution`_ instead.

Freenode's irc channel ``#yum`` is meant for discussions related to both YUM and DNF. Questions should be asked there, issues discussed. Remember: ``#yum`` is not a support channel and prior research is expected from the questioner.