tdnf/plugins/README.md

tdnf plugins

plugins are a way to extend tdnf functionality.

tdnf plugins follow the same config and command line conventions as yum.

enable plugins

tdnf will install with plugins deactivated by default. This is because the primary switch to turn on plugins is in tdnf conf file (/etc/tdnf/tdnf.conf by default). To enable plugins, the config file should have

plugins=1

plugin discovery

tdnf will look in /etc/tdnf/pluginconf.d by default for plugin configurations. For all config files with enabled=1 set, tdnf will look for a corresponding shared library in <libdir>/tdnf-plugins/<plugin>/lib<plugin>.so. pluginpath and pluginconfpath are config settings to change default paths.

overriding plugin load

tdnf allows command line overrides with --enableplugin=<plugin> to enable a plugin that is deactivated in the corresponding plugin config file. Similarly, --disableplugin=<plugin> can be used to deactivate a plugin which is otherwise enabled in it's corresponding config file.

For eg: tdnf --disableplugin=* --enableplugin=myplugin will deactivate all plugins but myplugin that is subsequently enabled. The deactivate and enable overrides are sequential, cumulative and support globs. Therefore, it does matter where you place the deactivate option.