Module `sysbot.modules.linux.dnf`

DNF Package Manager Module

This module provides methods for interacting with the DNF package manager on RHEL/Fedora-based Linux systems, including repository management and package operations.

Classes

class Dnf

DNF package manager operations class for RHEL/Fedora-based systems.

Ancestors

ComponentBase

Methods

def clean(self, alias: str, **kwargs) ‑> int

Clean all cached DNF data.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

Exit code of the command (0 on success, non-zero on failure).

def install_assumeno(self, alias: str, package: str, **kwargs) ‑> int

Test installation and dependency resolution for a package without applying changes.

Runs dnf install -y --assumeno to perform a dry-run that resolves all dependencies and reports what would be installed, without modifying the system.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
package: Name of the package to test.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

Exit code of the command (0 if dependencies can be resolved, non-zero otherwise).

def makecache(self, alias: str, **kwargs) ‑> int

Update the DNF package metadata cache.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

Exit code of the command (0 on success, non-zero on failure).

def repofile(self, alias: str, file: str, **kwargs) ‑> dict

Parse a DNF repository configuration file.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
file: Path to the repository configuration file.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

Dictionary with repository configuration sections and their values.

def repolist(self, alias: str, **kwargs) ‑> list

Get list of DNF repositories.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

List of dictionaries containing repository information, each with 'id' and 'name' keys.

def search(self, alias: str, keyword: str, **kwargs) ‑> list

Search for DNF packages matching a keyword.

Args

alias: Session alias for the connection.
keyword: Search term to look up in package names and summaries.
**kwargs: Additional command execution options.

Returns

List of dictionaries containing matching package information, each with 'name' and 'summary' keys.