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LIBDNF5-LOCAL(8) dnf5 LIBDNF5-LOCAL(8)

NAME

libdnf5-local - Local Plugin

DESCRIPTION

After each libdnf5 transaction copy all downloaded packages to local repositories on the filesystem and generate repository metadata.

The plugin creates two repositories:

  • _dnf_local for packages from repositories with pkg_gpgcheck enabled. The pkg_gpgcheck setting is inherited from the main configuration. The repository doesn't specify any gpgkey, it assumes all required keys were already imported.
  • _dnf_local_nogpgcheck for packages from repositories with pkg_gpgcheck disabled. This repository has pkg_gpgcheck set to false.

Each repository is only created when there are cached packages in it.

Both repositories are configured with the following options:

skip_if_unavailable = true
metadata_expire = 0


The _dnf_local repository has cost = 500 and the _dnf_local_nogpgcheck repository has cost = 501, so the gpgcheck-enabled repository is preferred when both contain the same package.

To generate the metadata createrepo_c is required.

CONFIGURATION

The plugin configuration is in /etc/dnf/libdnf5-plugins/local.conf. The minimal content of the conf file should contain main and createrepo sections.

The main section requires:

string <#string-label>

The plugin's name is local

Whether or where the plugin is enabled: true, false, host-only, installroot-only.
  • For host-only the plugin will run only on transactions in the default installroot /.
  • For installroot-only the plugin will run only on transactions in installroots different from /.


It can also contain:

string <#string-label>

Path where the local repository is located. By default it is in persistdir <#persistdir-options-label> in plugins/local subdirectory.

string <#string-label>

Path where the local repository for packages from repos with pkg_gpgcheck disabled is located. By default it is in persistdir <#persistdir-options-label> in plugins/local-nogpgcheck subdirectory.


The createrepo section requires:

boolean <#boolean-label>

Whether running createrepo to generate repodata is enabled: true or false.


Additionally it can contain:

string <#string-label>

If you want to speed up createrepo with the --cachedir option. Not used by default.

boolean <#boolean-label>

Whether to run createrepo with --quiet option. On by default.

boolean <#boolean-label>

Whether to run createrepo with --verbose option. Off by default.


Author

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

Copyright

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

April 23, 2026