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1 dnf –exclude
Set excluded package to dnf –exclude option. You can set multiple packages with double quotes. To exclude mc and emacs is as below.
$ # sudo dnf update –exclude=”<package> [<package>…]”$ sudo dnf update –exclude=”mc emacs”
2 /etc/dnf.conf
Set excluded package to exlucde directive in etc/dnf/dnf.conf. You cannot use double quotes.
[main]<snip>exclude=<package> [<package>…]
To exclude mc and emacs is as below.
$ diff -uprN /etc/dnf/dnf.conf{.org,}— /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.org 2016-06-30 19:45:37.876541410 +0900+++ /etc/dnf/dnf.conf 2016-06-30 19:53:29.486621755 +0900@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True+exclude=mc emacs
3 Execution result
There is no excluded package in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
$ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf[main]gpgcheck=1installonly_limit=3clean_requirements_on_remove=True
mc package is included in upgradable packages.
$ dnf check-update | grep “^mc”mc.x86_64 1:4.8.15-2.fc24 fedora
Exclude mc package in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.
$ sudo su -c ‘echo exclude=mc >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf’$ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf[main]gpgcheck=1installonly_limit=3clean_requirements_on_remove=Trueexclude=mc
A mc package is removed from upgradable packages.
$ dnf check-update | grep “^mc”$ # mc is not included in update packages.
