DNF5-MAKECACHE(8)

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version 5.4.6.0 · 4 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 DNF5-MAKECACHE — the makecache command, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the dnf5-makecache manual page, part of the dnf5 fam, and honestly? it's a short one, but it's a useful one. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dnf5-makecache — the Makecache Command. that's it, that's the name, she's serving exactly what it says on the tin 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dnf5 makecache [global options]

literally just that. run it, hand it your global options, and let her cook ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so makecache in DNF5 is the command you call when you want it to create and download metadata for your enabled repositories. that's the whole job. that's her main character energy. 👑

and here's the part that's lowkey iconic — she tries to avoid downloading whenever possible. like, she's not out here wasting your bandwidth for no reason, bestie, she's efficient:

  • when the local metadata hasn't expired yet 🕐
  • or when the metadata timestamp hasn't changed 📌

in those cases she just... doesn't download. respectfully. and honestly? obsessed. 🎀

💜 Author 💜

check AUTHORS.md in the dnf5 source distribution — that's where the whole squad is listed 🫶

Contributors to the dnf5 project. 💖

fr fr, that's the entire page — no options list, no env vars, no exit statuses hiding in here. what you see is what you get, and what you get is a very chill, very competent little command 🧚

okay bye bestie!! this was dnf5's manual, dated Sep 24, 2026, and yeah the page header repeats the title three times like a girl who loves her own name but we already covered that 💅 go forth and make that cache, periodt 🍓💜

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