What is this?
microdnf is a minimal, lightweight implementation of dnf — the RPM package manager used on Fedora and RHEL — written in C and aimed mostly at Docker containers.
microdnf is a minimal, lightweight implementation of dnf — the RPM package manager used on Fedora and RHEL — written in C and aimed mostly at Docker containers.So is it a separate tool, or part of dnf itself?It's a standalone C binary, not a dnf plugin: you invoke microdnf directly, and it sits on libdnf — the same library the full dnf is built on.
It's a standalone C binary, not a dnf plugin: you invoke microdnf directly, and it sits on libdnf — the same library the full dnf is built on.How do I get it into my container image?Install the microdnf package in your Fedora/RHEL-based image (dnf install microdnf), then call microdnf in place of dnf in your Dockerfile to install and manage RPMs.
Install the microdnf package in your Fedora/RHEL-based image (dnf install microdnf), then call microdnf in place of dnf in your Dockerfile to install and manage RPMs.Do I need Python installed in the image to run it?No — that's its main selling point: it uses libdnf and skips the Python runtime dnf depends on, keeping slim container images small.
No — that's its main selling point: it uses libdnf and skips the Python runtime dnf depends on, keeping slim container images small.Does it have all the features of regular dnf?It's explicitly a minimal dnf; the README doesn't list which commands or plugins are supported, so expect the common package operations rather than full dnf feature parity.
It's explicitly a minimal dnf; the README doesn't list which commands or plugins are supported, so expect the common package operations rather than full dnf feature parity.Is this only for containers, or would I use it on my Fedora machine too?It's aimed mostly at Docker containers. On a regular Fedora or RHEL system you'd normally just use dnf; microdnf is for image builds where footprint matters.
It's aimed mostly at Docker containers. On a regular Fedora or RHEL system you'd normally just use dnf; microdnf is for image builds where footprint matters.What are similar projects?tini, distrobox, reactos, ProxmoxVE, awesome-docker, omnibin, fpm, perf-tools
tini, distrobox, reactos, ProxmoxVE, awesome-docker, omnibin, fpm, perf-toolsWhich topics is it in?fedora, container, dockerfile, no-dependencies, gpl, foss, lightweight, gplv2, systems-programming, package-manager, sysadmin, c
fedora, container, dockerfile, no-dependencies, gpl, foss, lightweight, gplv2, systems-programming, package-manager, sysadmin, c