dnfdragora

dnfdragora is a DNF frontend, based on rpmdragora from Mageia (originally rpmdrake) Perl code.

dnfdragora is written in Python 3 and uses libYui, the widget abstraction library written by SUSE, so that it can be run using Qt 5, GTK+ 3, or ncurses interfaces.

Example with Qt:

Example with ncurses:

REQUIREMENTS

DNF

• https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf
• Version higher than 1.1.9 required.

DNF Daemon

• https://github.com/manatools/dnfdaemon/

SUSE libyui

• https://github.com/libyui/libyui
• Consider to check some not yet approved changes here https://github.com/anaselli/libyui

libyui-mga - our widget extension

• https://github.com/manatools/libyui-mga

SUSE libyui-bindings - anaselli fork

• https://github.com/anaselli/libyui-bindings/tree/mageia This fork is necessary to include also libyui-mga extension.
• For references, master is https://github.com/libyui/libyui-bindings

at least one of the SUSE libyui plugins

• libyui-gtk - https://github.com/libyui/libyui-gtk
• libyui-ncurses - https://github.com/libyui/libyui-ncurses
• libyui-qt - https://github.com/libyui/libyui-qt
• Consider here also to check some not yet approved changes at https://github.com/anaselli/libyui-XXX forks (where XXX is gtk, qt or ncurses)

at least one of the MGA libyui widget extension plugins (according to the one above)

• libyui-mga-gtk - https://github.com/manatools/libyui-mga-gtk
• libyui-mga-ncurses - https://github.com/manatools/libyui-mga-ncurses
• libyui-mga-qt - https://github.com/manatools/libyui-mga-qt

INSTALLATION

Distribution packages:

• Mageia:
  • dnfdragora: dnf install dnfdragora or urpmi dnfdragora
  • dnfdragora-gui: dnf install dnfdragora-<gui> or urpmi dnfdragora-<gui>
    • Replace <gui> with qt or gtk depending on desired toolkit
• Fedora:
  • dnfdragora: dnf install dnfdragora (installs all needed for use on terminal)
  • dnfdragora-gui: dnf install dnfdragora-gui (installs all needed for use in desktop environment)

From sources:

• Packages needed to build:
  • cmake >= 3.4.0
  • python3-devel >= 3.4.0
  • optional: gettext (for locales)
  • optional: python3-sphinx (for manpages)
• Configure: mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
  • -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr - Sets the install path, eg. /usr, /usr/local or /opt
  • -DCHECK_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES=ON - Checks if the needed runtime dependencies are met.
  • -DENABLE_COMPS=ON - Useful if your distribution uses COMPS for groups, eg. Fedora, RHEL, CentOS
• Build: make
• Install: make install
• Run: dnfdragora

From sources (for developers and testers only):

• Packages needed to build:
  • cmake >= 3.4.0
  • python3-devel >= 3.4.0
  • python3-virtualenv
  • optional: gettext (for locales)
  • optional: python3-sphinx (for manpages)
• Setup your virtual environment
  • cd $DNFDRAGORA_PROJ_DIR # DNFDRAGORA_PROJ_DIR is the dnfdragora project directory
  • virtualenv --system-site-packages venv # create virtual environment under venv directory
  • . venv/bin/activate # activate virtual environment
• Configure: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -D... .. && make install
  • needed cmake options are
    • -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$DNFDRAGORA_PROJ_DIR/venv - venv install prefix
    • -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR=$DNFDRAGORA_PROJ_DIR/venv/etc - venv sysconfig directory
  • useful cmake options are
    • -DCHECK_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES=ON - Checks if the needed runtime dependencies are met.
    • -DENABLE_COMPS=ON - Useful if your distribution uses COMPS for groups, eg. Fedora, RHEL, CentOS
• Run: dnfdragora into virtual environment, add '--locales-dir' option if you want to test localization locally)
  • useful dnfdragora options are
    • --locales-dir - if you want to test localization locally
    • --images-path - local icons and images (set to $DNFDRAGORA_PROJ_DIR/venv/share/dnfdragora/images/)

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

See license file.