Manage repositories

Configuring with the command line

See a list of all enabled repos

sudo dnf repolist

Change configuration for just one command. To enable or disable a repo just once, use a command option:

sudo dnf --enablerepo=<reponame>...
sudo dnf --disablerepo=<reponame>...

For instance, to install the latest kernel from Fedora’s test repo:

sudo dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing install kernel\*

You can combine several enable and disable options together. For example:

sudo dnf --enablerepo=repo1 --disablerepo=repo2,repo3 install <package>

If you want to change the defaults permanently, use these commands:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled <reponame>
sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled <reponame>

Perhaps you install, update, or remove a lot of software using different setups. In this case, things may get confusing. You might not know which software is installed from what repos. If that happens, try this.

First, disable extra repos such as those ending in –testing. Ideally, enable only fedora and updates repos. Run this command for each unwanted repo:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled <unwanted-repo>

Then run this command to synchronize your system with just stable, updated packages:

sudo dnf distro-sync

This ensures your Fedora system is only using the latest packages from specific repos.