dnfy

dnfy is a command-line tool that allows interactively searching and installing packages using dnf, bringing the experience that paru and yay provide on Arch Linux to Fedora and other dnf-based distributions.

Features

• Search packages and show more informative output than dnf search
  • See repository, package version, install size, and indicate if it's is already installed
• Interactively select packages to install from numbered search results
• Update the system when run without arguments
• Automatically elevate privileges with sudo when required

Example

Installation

Download dnfy and move it to somehwere in PATH:

curl -L -o dnfy https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arctize/dnfy/main/dnfy
sudo install -m 755 dnfy /usr/local/bin/ # Install it system-wide

Update

Simply run the Installation again. It will overwrite the existing file.

Removal

sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/dnfy