Developer(s) | Red Hat |
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Initial release | 18 January 2012[1] |
Stable release | 5.2.8.1[2]
/ 5 December 2024 |
Repository | https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf,[3] https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5[4] |
Written in | |
Operating system | Linux, IBM AIX |
Platform | RPM |
Available in | English |
Type | Package management system |
License | GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+ & New BSD License |
Website | rpm-software-management |
DNF (abbreviation for Dandified YUM)[7][8][9] is a package manager for Red Hat-based Linux distributions and derivatives. DNF was introduced in Fedora 18 in 2013 as a replacement for yum;[10] it has been the default package manager since Fedora 22 in 2015[11] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 [when?][12] and is also an alternative package manager for Mageia. DNF performs package management tasks on top of RPM, and supporting libraries.