Swap Command

Synopsis

dnf5 swap [options] <remove-spec> <install-spec>

Description

The swap command in DNF5 is used for removing a package while installing a different one in a single transaction. Both <remove-spec> and <install-spec> are <package-spec-NPFB>

Options

--allowerasing

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

--from-repo=REPO_ID,...

Packages (or their provides) explicitly specified on the command line will only be looked up in the specified repositories.

Repository enabling and disabling still applies. Dependencies of these packages will be resolved from any enabled repository.

--offline

Store the transaction to be performed offline. See dnf5-offline(8), Offline command.

Examples

dnf5 swap mlocate plocate

Remove the mlocate package and install the plocate instead in the single transaction.

See Also

dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification