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DNF5-DISTRO-SYNC(8) dnf5 DNF5-DISTRO-SYNC(8)

NAME

dnf5-distro-sync - Distro-Sync Command

SYNOPSIS

dnf5 distro-sync [options] [<package-spec-NPFB>...]

DESCRIPTION

The distro-sync command in DNF5 serves to synchronize the installed packages with their latest available version from any enabled repository. It upgrades, downgrades or keeps packages as needed.

Optional <package-spec-NPFB> arguments could be passed to select only specific packages to be synced.

OPTIONS

Allow removing of installed packages to resolve any potential dependency problems.

Resolve any dependency problems by removing packages that are causing problems from the transaction.

Allow skipping packages that are not possible to synchronize. All remaining packages will be synchronized.


Filters installed packages by the ID of the repository they were installed from.


Packages (or their provides) explicitly specified on the command line will only be looked up in the specified repositories.
These repositories are automatically enabled.
Repository enabling and disabling still applies. Dependencies of these packages will be resolved from any enabled repository.


Download the resolved package set without executing an RPM transaction.


Store the transaction to be performed offline. See offline command <#offline-command-ref-label>, dnf5-offline(8).

Store the current transaction in a directory at the specified PATH instead of running it.
The stored transaction can be performed by the replay command <#replay-command-ref-label>, dnf5-replay(8).
Note that repository ids in the stored transaction are mangled to @stored_transaction(repo_id) this is required
because during replaying the stored repositories are recreated and they might collide with already present repositories
(this doesn't apply to the special @System repository).


EXAMPLES

Sync the whole system to the latest available version of packages.

Sync the vim package to the latest available version.


SEE ALSO

dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification <#specs-misc-ref-label>



Author

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

Copyright

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

January 21, 2026