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Search for a specific package with dnf on Fedora 22.

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To find a specific package that offers a certain file, the whatprovides parameter to dnf will do what you wish. Here is an example, I am looking for all packages that provide the vim command. [jason@hackerbox Documents]$ dnf whatprovides "*/vim" Last metadata expiration check performed 26 days, 19:55:19 ago on Tue Sep 15 12:49:19 2015. … Read more

Install updates and install software on Fedora 22 Linux.

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The new dnf command for Fedora 22 replaces the old yum command. But this new utility is still easy to use. To install all pending updates for Fedora 22, use this command. [root@localhost homer]# dnf update[root@localhost homer]# dnf update Use the dnf install command to install software. [root@localhost homer]# dnf install vim mc Last metadata … Read more