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I'm new to Fedora and so far I knew a few ways of installing application:
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Use the "dnf install $appname"
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Download the RPM package then "dnf install $the-rpm-package"
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Use the flatpak
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Use the tarball, extract then run the .sh file
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And using appimage (Yup, I know this is not technically called an "install")
I'm pretty sure the dnf upgrade won't affect the appimage, but does it helps upgrade the apps from flatpak, tarball and rpm? if there are options available in all of them what method should I choose to install an app
Hi everyone,
so I'm pretty new to Fedora and Linux in general and I have some questions in regard to how packages and package installation work.
Firstly, when using #dnf install packagename can you assume that whatever repository the package is being sourced from, is safe to install from and how do I check which repositories that are being searched for the package.
Secondly, is it ok to assume that packages from online sites like koji.fedoraproject.org or src.fedoraproject.org are safe. It seems to me like not just anyone can upload packages there, but I haven't found a definitive answer yet.
Thanks in advance for the help!