![]() Well, this might depend on how you personally choose to deal with system updates. And, as you will see, DNF allows filtering which types you want to operate on.īut, why would you want to update only a subset of packages? If you have been managing system updates for Fedora Linux or any other GNU/Linux distro, you might have noticed how, when you run a system update (with dnf update, in the case of Fedora Workstation), you usually are not installing only security updates.ĭue to how package management in a GNU/Linux distro works, generally (with the exception of software running in a container, under Flatpak, or similar technologies) you are updating every single package regardless of whether it’s a “system” software or an “app”.ĭNF divides updates in three types: “security”, “bugfix” and “enhancement”. ![]() ![]() You might also want to read Use dnf updateinfo to read update changelogs before reading this article. This article will demo running the dnf commands inside toolbox instead of using a real Fedora Linux install. ![]() This way you can choose to, for example, only install security or bug fixes updates. This article will explore how to filter the updates available to your Fedora Linux system by type.
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