DNF Description
DNF is a software package administrator that installs, updates and removes Fedora packages. It is the successor of YUM (Yellow-Dog Upgrader Modified). DNF makes it easy for you to maintain packages. It automatically checks for dependencies and determines the actions needed to install packages. This eliminates the need for you to manually install or update the package and its dependencies using the rpm command. Fedora now uses DNF as the default software package manager. Removing dependencies, which are no longer needed by current programs, of packages that have been installed. It checks for updates but does not download nor install the packages. Basic information about the package, including version, release, description, and name.