Adding or removing software repositories in Fedora
This section describes how to add, enable, or disable a software repository with the DNF application.
Adding repositories
This section describes how to add software repositories with the dnf config-manager
command.
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To add a new repository, do the following as
root
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Define a new repository by adding a new file with the
.repo
suffix to the/etc/yum.repos.d/
directory. For details about various options to use in the.repo
file, see the Setting [repository] Options section in the System Administrator’s Guide -
Add the newly created repository.
dnf config-manager --add-repo
repository
Where repository is the path to the created
.repo
file, for example:dnf config-manager --add-repo /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora_extras.repo
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Enabling repositories
This section shows how to enable a particular software repository by using the dnf config-manager
command.
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To enable a particular repository, run the following command as
root
.dnf config-manager --set-enabled repository
Where repository is the unique repository ID, for example:
dnf config-manager --set-enabled fedora-extras
Disabling repositories
This section shows how to disable a particular software repository by using the dnf config-manager
command.
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To disable a particular repository, run the following command as
root
.dnf config-manager --set-disabled repository
Where repository is the unique repository ID, for example:
dnf config-manager --set-disabled fedora-extras
Removing repositories
This section shows how to remove a Yum repository (or .repo
file).
If you know the ID of a repository, but you’re not sure what |
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To remove a Yum repository, run the following command as
root
.rm /etc/yum.repos.d/file_name.repo
Where file_name is the name of the
.repo
file.
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