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.TH "DNF5-PROVIDES" "8" "Sep 06, 2026" "" "dnf5"
.SH NAME
dnf5-provides \- Provides Command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBdnf5 provides [global options] <package\-spec\-PFB>...\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
The \fBprovides\fP command in \fBDNF5\fP finds the packages providing the given \fB<package\-spec\-PFB>\fP\&.
.SH EXAMPLES
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fBdnf5 provides tito\fP
.nf
Outputs which packages provide the command \fBtito\fP\&.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf5 provides /usr/bin/tito\fP
.nf
Outputs which package provides the file \fB/usr/bin/tito\fP
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf5 provides zless\fP
.nf
There is no \fBProvides\fP for zless but a package that contains \fBzless\fP exist.
Outputs the package that provides the file \fB/usr/bin/zless\fP
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fBNote:\fP
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
New behavior: if one or more packages are not found by provides DNF5 will now return
exit code 1 and list all provides that do not match at the end of the output.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fBdnf5 provides rpm nonexistent_package\fP
.nf
Output provides for \fBrpm\fP and inform in \fBstderr\fP that \fBnonexistent_package\fP
did not match any result.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.SH SEE ALSO
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
.nf
\fBdnf5\-specs(7)\fP, Patterns specification \%<#\:specs-misc-ref-label>
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
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.SH Author
See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.
.SH Copyright
Contributors to the dnf5 project.
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