Oracle Linux 8 – supports a new version of the ‚Yum‘ tool that is based on the DNF technology

DNF or Dandified yum – is a software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on RPM-based Linux distributions. Yum DNF (often referred to simply as DNF) provides several advantages over the Yum v3 tool that was used in previous releases

[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf updateinfo
Last metadata expiration check: 0:21:59 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf updateinfo list security all
Last metadata expiration check: 0:21:47 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:20:14 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf update –security
Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:31 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
No security updates needed, but 0 updates available
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf update –security –exclude=kernel\*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:29:30 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
No security updates needed, but 0 updates available
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# dnf install net-tools
Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:08 ago on Mon Feb 8 14:21:43 2021.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
net-tools x86_64 2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8 ol8_baseos_latest 322 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 322 k
Installed size: 942 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
net-tools-2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 322 kB 00:00
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Total 1.1 MB/s | 322 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : net-tools-2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: net-tools-2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : net-tools-2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
net-tools-2.0-0.52.20160912git.el8.x86_64
Complete!
[root@oraclelinux-iot-jsho-01 /]# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.17.0.2 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.17.255.255
ether 02:42:ac:11:00:02 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
RX packets 35614 bytes 57331724 (54.6 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 19344 bytes 1285874 (1.2 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

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