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dnf5-distro-sync - Distro-Sync Command

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

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.

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, 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, dnf5-replay(8).

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

dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

September 14, 2025