fedrq - Man Page
Simplified repository querying
Synopsis
<fedrq | python -m fedrq> QUERY TYPE [Options] [PACKAGE...]
<fedrq | python -m fedrq> QUERY TYPE [Options] <-i|--stdin>
<fedrq | python -m fedrq> check-config [--dump] [--debug]
<fedrq | python -m fedrq> formatters [Formatters Options...]
Description
fedrq is a tool to simplify querying the Fedora and EPEL repositories.
Subcommands
check-config | Verify fedrq configuration. Only has --debug and --dump to dump the config. --dump requires tomli-w. | |||
pkgs | Find the packages that match a list of package specs. Allows --whatprovides-like functionality with the --resolve-packages flag. | |||
subpkgs | Find the subpackages provided by a list of SRPMs. Doesn't support a --src flag, because subpkgs aren't SRPMs. | |||
whatenhances | Find the packages that Enhance [PACKAGE...] | |||
whatrecommends | Find the packages that Recommend [PACKAGE...] | |||
whatrequires | Find the packages that Require [PACKAGE...] | |||
wr | Alias for whatrequires | |||
whatrequires-src | Find the packages Require the subpackages of [PACKAGE...]. [PACKAGE...] must be source package(s). | |||
wrsrc | Alias for whatrequires-src | |||
whatsuggests | Find the packages that Suggest [PACKAGE...] | |||
whatsupplements | Find the packages that Supplement [PACKAGE...] | |||
make-cache | Load the repodata for the current branch/repo config | |||
download | Download an RPM from the repos. No GPG checking is performed. | |||
download-spec | Download an (S)RPM and extract its specfile. No GPG checking is performed. |
Options
Global Options
- -h, --help
Show help message and quit. Can be used after a command to get more information it.
whatrequires, whatrecommends, whatsuggests
- -X, --exclude-subpackages
Filter out reverse dependencies that are built from the same source package as any of the input packages. See the whatrequires Examples.
subpkgs
-M PATTERN, --match PATTERN (can be repeated to match against multiple patterns)
Only show subpackages whose name matches this string. Glob patterns are permitted. When specified multiple times, any match is included.
download and download-spec
- -o PATH, --destdir PATH
Directory in which to download/extract files. Defaults to the current directory.
formatters
The formatters subcommand lists available formatters. By default, all available formatters are shown, but they can be filtered by passing one or more of the following options.
- --attrs, --only-attrs
Only list package attributes
- --formatters, --only-formatters
Only list regular formatters
- --special-formatters, --only-special-formatters
Only list special formatters (i.e., formatters that accept their own arguments)
Formatters
Package attributes
This list is non-exhaustive. See fedrq formatters --attrs.
- -F name
Show package names
(example line: yt-dlp)- -F arch
Show package arches only
(example line : noarch)- -F repoid
Show package's repo.
(example line: updates-testing)
Regular formatters
- -F na
Show package name.arch
(example line: yt-dlp.noarch)- -F nv
Show package name-version
(example line: yt-dlp-2022.11.11)- -F nev
Show package name-epoch:version
(example line: bind-32:9.18.8)- -F source
Package queries can include source and binary RPMs. The source formatter combines and deduplicates all of the source names. For example, if python3-setuptools.noarch is in the result, it'll become python-setuptools. If python-setuptools.src is also in the result, it'll become python-setuptools, but python-setuptools won't be duplicated in the output.
- -F breakdown
Only supported by fedrq --whatrequires. Shows a breakdown of runtime and buildtime dependencies.
Special formatters
"Special formatters" accept arguments.
- -F json:[comma separated list of Package attrs]
Return an array of objects containing the specified Package attributes. The JSON output is formatted with indent=2. The output can be piped to jq.
- -F line:[comma separated list of Package attrs]
Return the specified package attributes on a single line.
NOTE: The attributes provided must fit on one line. Attributes such as files or requires that contain a list of items are not supported by the line formatter. See -F multiline for that usecase.- -F multiline:[single line attribute],[multiline attribute]
Display two package attributes together.
(example call: -F multiline:name,files)
(example line: yt-dlp : /usr/bin/yt-dlp)- -F plainwithrepo
Show default format and repoid separated by space:
(example line: yt-dlp-2023.01.06-2.fc38.noarch rawhide)- -F nevrr
Alias to plainwithrepo formatter.
- -F requiresmatch:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
List the Requires of [package ...] that resolve to the list of packages provided to requiresmatch. For example, python3dist(ansible-core) resolves to requiresmatch:ansible-core.
- -F rm:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
Alias for -F requiresmatch
- -F na-requiresmatch:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
Combine the -F na and -F requiresmatch on a single line. See the whatrequires Examples for usage.
- -F narm:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
Shortcut for -F na-requiresmatch
- -F source+requiresmatch:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
Combine the -F source and -F requiresmatch on a single line.
- -F source+rm:[comma- or semicolon-separated list of packages]
Shortcut for -F na-requiresmatch
There are also requiresmatch-src / rmsrc and na-requiresmatch / narmsrc formatters that work similarly to their non-src conterparts, expect they take a list of source packages. The list of source packages is converted into a list of binary packages (like the subpkgs subcommand) and then processed in the same way. If, say, a source package named foo has foo, foo-devel, and foo-static subpackages, -F rmsrc:foo is equivalent to -F rm:foo,foo-devel,foo-static
Repo Classes
The following generic repo class macros are available for all releases:
- @file:[url or local path]
Load a .repo file from a local path or a url. Repositories with enabled=0 won't be loaded unless they are enabled explicitly with --enablerepo.
- @baseurl:[url]
Load a repository from [url]. gpgcheck will be disabled.
- @baseurl:[url],[gpgkey]
Load a repository from url and set its gpgkey to [gpgkey]
- @copr:[user/name] or @copr:[@group/name]
Load a Copr repository. The Copr instance defaults to https://copr.fedoraproject.org but may be configured in fedrq's configuration. copr_chroot_fmt must be specifced in the selected branch's release configuration for this repo class to work. This is configured for the builtin releases.
- @copr:[user/name@copr_baseurl] or @copr:[@group/name@copr_baseurl]
The @copr repo class also accepts a custom Copr instance. Append @ and a url.
- @source-repos
Enable the corresponding -source repos of the currently enabled repositories
@base or base or other group
The default repositories for a release specified in a ReleaseConfig's defs.base. Any other repo group specified in a release's configuration is accepted, with or without the @. See Special Repos for which repo groups are available for each release.
@repo:[key] or key (fallback)
Accepts any repoid available in the system configuration or a .repo file specified in the current ReleaseConfig's defpaths. If key is the name of a release's repo group (see above), that will be enabled instead.
The following generic repo class macros are available for Fedora releases:
- @koji:[key]
Load the repositories for a koji.fedoraproject.org tag.
Example: @koji:f39-build-side-XXXX- @koji-src:[key]
Load the source repositories for a koji.fedoraproject.org tag. It does not seem that Fedora Koji provides source repositories for tags other than rawhide and eln-build. For rawhide, see the preconfigured @buildroot repository group.
Builtin Releases
Name | Matcher (--branch) | Release repo groups (--repo) | Special cases | |||
Fedora Rawhide | rawhide | @base, @buildroot | ||||
Fedora stable and branched | fXX | @base, @testing, @release, @updates, @testing-only | @release only contains fedora and fedora-source (i.e. no updates) | |||
EPEL | epelX | @base, @testing, @testing-only | does not include any EL distribution | |||
EPEL Next | epelX-next | @base, @testing, @testing-only, @next-base, @next-testing, @next-testing-only | @base, @testing, and @testing-only are supersets of the epelX equivalent. @next-base, @next-testing, and @next-testing-only only contain epel-next. | |||
CentOS 7 | c7 | @base | ||||
CentOS Stream | cXs | @base, @epel, @no-crb, @compose-latest | @epel contains epel, epel-next, and crb. @no-crb contains base minus the crb repo. | |||
CentOS Stream 8 (legacy) | c8s | @base, @epel, @no-powertools, @compose-latest | @epel contains epel, epel-next, baseos, appstream, and powertools. @no-powertools contains @base minus the powertools repo. | |||
Almalinux | alX | @base, @epel, @no-crb | @base always includes crb. @epel contains @base along with the EPEL repository. @no-crb contains @base minus the crb repository. | |||
Almalinux 8 (Legacy) | al8 | @base, @epel, @no-powertools | @base always includes powertools. @epel contains @base along with the EPEL repository. @no-powertools contains @base minus the powertools repository. | |||
UBI | ubiX | @base, @epel, @no-crb | ||||
Oracle Linux 8 and 9 | ol8 / ol9 | @base, @epel, @no-crb, @extra | @extra contains the distro_builder and UEK repos | |||
Rocky Linux 8 | rl8 | @base, @epel, @no-powertools | ||||
Rocky Linux 9+; local should always be last in the above table | rl9 | @base, @epel, @no-crb | ||||
Amazon Linux | amazon2023 | @base | ||||
Fedora ELN | eln | @base, @no-crb, @buildroot | ||||
Default local system repositories | local | N/A | This uses the default repositories with enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d and and the system's releasever. | |||
Default local system repositories with a different releasever | local:[releasever] | N/A | This uses the default repositories with enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d and and a custom releasever. |
Special Repos
- @base
Release repositories enabled by default in the distribution
(e.g. fedora, fedora-source, updates, updates-source for Fedora stable)- @testing
Superset of base with -testing repos enabled.
(e.g. fedora, fedora-source, updates, updates-source, updates-testing-source for Fedora stable)- @testing-only
Includes -testing repositories without base
(e.g. updates-testing, updates-testing-source for Fedora stable)- @buildroot (rawhide only)
Koji buildroot repositories Buildroot repositories are available for stable Fedora releases, but they don't have corresponding source repos. This causes problems for fedrq, so those definitions are not available.
Files
Configuration
- PYTHON_SITELIB/fedrq/data/*.toml
Builtin configuration files. These should not be modified directly but may be overridden or used as examples.
- /etc/fedrq/*.toml
System wide configuration files. Has precedence over builtin configuration files.
- ~/.config/fedrq/*.toml
User configuration files. Highest precedence.
See fedrq(5) for configuration file syntax.
Examples
pkgs
Find a package's runtime dependencies:
$ fedrq pkgs -S -F requires ansible /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/bash python(abi) = 3.11 (python3.11dist(ansible-core) >= 2.14.1 with python3.11dist(ansible-core) < 2.15)
Resolve a package's runtime dependencies:
$ fedrq pkgs -S -F requires ansible | fedrq pkgs -iSP ansible-core-2.14.1-1.fc38.noarch bash-5.2.9-3.fc38.x86_64 python3-3.11.1-1.fc38.x86_64
Find the package(s) that contain(s) a file on f35
$ fedrq pkgs -b f35 -P /usr/bin/ansible ansible-2.9.27-4.fc35.noarch ansible-core-2.12.10-1.fc35.noarch
Return a JSON object containing certain package attributes:
$ fedrq pkgs scdoc -F json:name,evr,arch,files,requires [ { "name": "scdoc", "evr": "1.11.2-3.fc37", "arch": "x86_64", "requires": [ "rtld(GNU_HASH)", "libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.34)(64bit)", "/usr/bin/pkg-config" ], "files": [ "/usr/bin/scdoc", "/usr/lib/.build-id", "/usr/lib/.build-id/c1", "/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/62fcbc2f7d9b41ce409071b05905bdbfa6ffe7", "/usr/share/doc/scdoc", "/usr/share/doc/scdoc/README.md", "/usr/share/licenses/scdoc", "/usr/share/licenses/scdoc/COPYING", "/usr/share/man/man1/scdoc.1.gz", "/usr/share/man/man5/scdoc.5.gz", "/usr/share/pkgconfig/scdoc.pc" ] }, { "name": "scdoc", "evr": "1.11.2-3.fc37", "arch": "src", "requires": [ "make", "gcc", "sed" ], "files": [ "/scdoc-1.11.2.tar.gz", "/scdoc.spec" ] } ]
Show packages' name, evr, arch, and reponame with each package on a single line:
$ fedrq pkgs ansible ansible-core -F line:name,evr,arch,reponame ansible : 7.2.0-1.fc38 : noarch : rawhide ansible : 7.2.0-1.fc38 : src : rawhide-source ansible-core : 2.14.2-1.fc38 : noarch : rawhide ansible-core : 2.14.2-1.fc38 : src : rawhide-source
Incorrect usage of the line filter:
$ fedrq pkgs ansible ansible-core -F line:name,evr,files ERROR: 'line' FormatterError: invalid argument 'files' See fedrq(1) for more information about formatters.
(files cannot fit on a single line)
Find the latest version of `fedrq` available in the gotmax23/fedrq-dev copr:
$ fedrq pkgs -F nevrr -b f36 -r @copr:gotmax23/fedrq-dev fedrq fedrq-0.4.1^25.20230318.76d7910-1.fc36.noarch copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:gotmax23:fedrq-dev fedrq-0.4.1^25.20230318.76d7910-1.fc36.src copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:gotmax23:fedrq-dev
In a single query, print the Requires of more than one package:
$ fedrq pkgs -F requires ansible-core.src yt-dlp.noarch make python3-devel python3dist(packaging) [...] /usr/bin/python3 python3.12dist(requests) python3.12dist(urllib3) [...]
In a single query, print the Requires of more than one package, qualified by package name:
$ fedrq pkgs -F multiline:name,requires ansible-core.src yt-dlp.noarch ansible-core : make ansible-core : python3-devel ansible-core : python3dist(packaging) [...] yt-dlp : /usr/bin/python3 yt-dlp : python3.12dist(requests) yt-dlp : python3.12dist(urllib3) [...]
whatrequires
Find the packages that require another package, at buildtime or runtime:
$ fedrq whatrequires yt-dlp audiotube-24.01.95-1.fc40.src audiotube-24.01.95-1.fc40.x86_64 celluloid-0.26-1.fc40.x86_64 gpodder-3.11.4-4.fc40.noarch lollypop-1.4.37-7.fc40.noarch media-downloader-4.2.0-4.fc40.x86_64 persepolis-3.2.0-16.fc40.noarch video-downloader-0.12.10-3.fc40.noarch yt-dlp-bash-completion-2023.12.30-2.fc40.noarch yt-dlp-fish-completion-2023.12.30-2.fc40.noarch yt-dlp-zsh-completion-2023.12.30-2.fc40.noarch
Find a package's reverse dependencies, excluding subpackages:
$ fedrq whatrequires -X yt-dlp audiotube-24.01.95-1.fc40.src audiotube-24.01.95-1.fc40.x86_64 celluloid-0.26-1.fc40.x86_64 gpodder-3.11.4-4.fc40.noarch lollypop-1.4.37-7.fc40.noarch media-downloader-4.2.0-4.fc40.x86_64 persepolis-3.2.0-16.fc40.noarch video-downloader-0.12.10-3.fc40.noarch
Find the packages that require another package, at buildtime or runtime and show which package spec it depends on.
$ fedrq whatrequires -F multiline:plain,rm:ansible-core: ansible-core ansible-9.2.0-1.fc40.noarch : (python3.12dist(ansible-core) >= 2.16.3 with python3.12dist(ansible-core) < 2.17) ansible-9.2.0-1.fc40.src : (python3dist(ansible-core) >= 2.16.3 with python3dist(ansible-core) < 2.17) ansible-bender-0.10.1-5.fc40.noarch : (ansible-core or ansible) ansible-collection-ansible-netcommon-6.0.0-3.fc40.noarch : (ansible-core or (ansible < 2.10.0 with ansible >= 2.9.10)) [...]
Shortcut for the above:
$ fedrq whatrequires -F narm:ansible-core ansible-core ansible.noarch : (python3.12dist(ansible-core) >= 2.16.3 with python3.12dist(ansible-core) < 2.17) ansible.src : (python3dist(ansible-core) >= 2.16.3 with python3dist(ansible-core) < 2.17) ansible-bender.noarch : (ansible-core or ansible) ansible-collection-ansible-netcommon.noarch : (ansible-core or (ansible < 2.10.0 with ansible >= 2.9.10)) [...]
subpkgs
Find an epel9 SRPM's subpackages
$ fedrq subpkgs -b epel9 -F na epel-release epel-next-release.noarch epel-release.noarch
whatrequires-src / wrsrc (alias)
Find the components that would be directly affected by the removal of pcre:
$ fedrq whatrequires-src -X -F source pcre ClanLib Thunar adanaxisgpl aide [...] xgrep xmlcopyeditor yara zsh
Find the packages the need to be rebuilt when libindi's .so name is bumped:
$ fedrq whatrequires-src -X -F source libindi indi-3rdparty-drivers indi-3rdparty-libraries kstars phd2
Author
fedrq is maintained by Maxwell G <maxwell@gtmx.me>. See https://fedrq.gtmx.me/ for more information about fedrq.
See Also
fedrq(5), dnf(1)