DNF5-MANIFEST(8)                     dnf5                     DNF5-MANIFEST(8)

NAME
       dnf5-manifest - Manifest Command

       Warning:
          The manifest plugin is under development and considered
          experimental. The interface and behavior may change.

SYNOPSIS
       dnf5 manifest new [options] [<package-spec-NPFB>...]

       dnf5 manifest download [options]

       dnf5 manifest install [options]

DESCRIPTION
       For working with RPM package manifest files using the libpkgmanifest
       <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libpkgmanifest> library.

       skip_if_unavailable <#skip-if-unavailable-options-label> and
       skip_broken <#skip-broken-options-label> will be set to false for all
       operations.

       new    Create a manifest file based on a list of packages or the
              installed packages on the system.

              If given a list of packages, all packages and their dependencies
              will be resolved and pinned in the manifest file.

              If a list of packages is not given, all installed packages on
              the system will be pinned in the manifest file.

       resolve
              Create a manifest file from a provided input file.

              Resolves the list of packages specified in the input file and
              pins all packages and their dependencies in the manifest file.

       download
              Download all packages specified in the manifest file to disk.

              By default, packages are downloaded to a subfolder named after
              the manifest file. You can also use the --destdir option to
              specify a custom directory for the downloaded packages.

              The manifest file may contain packages for multiple base
              architectures.  By default, only packages corresponding to the
              current system architecture are downloaded. To download packages
              for specific architectures, use the --arch option.

       install
              Install all packages specified in the manifest file.

   Arguments

       <package-spec-NPFB>
              Specification for including a package in the manifest file.
              Local RPMs are not supported.  For more information, refer to
              Specifying Packages <#specs-misc-ref-label>.

   Options

       --input
              Specify a custom path for the prototype input file.  By default,
              rpms.in.yaml is used.

       --manifest
              Specify a custom path for the manifest file.  By default,
              packages.manifest.yaml is used.

       --srpm Include source packages in consideration.  Not supported for the
              install command.

       --use-system
              Consider currently installed system packages for dependency
              resolution and exclude them from the resulting manifest file.

       --use-host-repos
              In addition to the repositories defined in the input file, load
              repositories from host configuration and use them for dependency
              resolution. Only applies to the resolve command.

       --arch Specify a comma-separated list of architectures to work with.
              By default, only packages corresponding to the current system
              architecture are processed.

       --per-arch
              Create a separate manifest file for each requested base
              architecture.  By default, a single manifest file is created for
              all architectures.

   Examples

       dnf manifest resolve
              Resolve the rpms.in.yaml prototype input file in the current
              directory and create the resulting manifest file at the default
              location: packages.manifest.yaml.

       dnf manifest new
              Create a new manifest file from the system's installed packages.
              The new manifest file will be created at the default location:
              packages.manifest.yaml.

       dnf manifest new alsa-lib alsa-tools
              Create a new manifest file containing the alsa-lib and
              alsa-tools packages along with all their dependencies.

       dnf manifest new wget --use-system
              Create a new manifest file including the wget package and all
              its uninstalled dependencies.

       dnf manifest download --manifest /home/user/Downloads/manifest.yaml
       --srpm Download all packages, including source packages, specified in
              the given manifest file.

       dnf manifest install -y
              Install all packages specified in the manifest file located in
              the current directory under the default file name, automatically
              answering "yes" to all prompts during the transaction
              resolution.

SEE ALSO
          libpkgmanifest upstream <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libpkgmanifest>
          Prototype input file specification <https://github.com/konflux-ci/rpm-lockfile-prototype?tab=readme-ov-file#whats-the-input_file>


Author
       See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

Copyright
       Contributors to the dnf5 project.

                                 May 23, 2026                 DNF5-MANIFEST(8)