Enable RPM Fusion Repository on Fedora 39

This guide intends to teach you to Enable RPM Fusion Repository free and non-free repos on Fedora 39. First, let’s get familiar with this repository and the difference between free and non-free repos, then, start to install and enable RPM Fusion on Fedora 39. To do this, follow the steps below.

Introduction To RPM Fusion Repository

RPM Fusion is one of the third-party repositories for Fedora Linux and RHEL-based distros. If any package doesn’t meet the Fedora and RHEL policies will not be included in the official repository. So in this case, you can use third-party repositories such as RPM Fusion.

RPM Fusion has two software in free and non-free repositories. You can easily enable both repositories and use them on your server.

Differences Between RPM Fusion Free and Non-free Repositories

The free repository includes the Open-source packages, and the non-free repository includes the packages that aren’t open-source and are not free.

Now proceed to the following steps on how to install RPM Fusion on Fedora 39.

Enable RPM Fusion Repository on Fedora 39

Before you start your RPM Fusion installation, you must have access to your Fedora server as a non-root user with sudo privileges. Then, follow the steps below to complete this guide.

Step 1 – Install RPM Fusion Free Repo on Fedora 39

First, you must run the system update with the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Now we want to show you how to enable the Free repository. To do this, you can simply use the following command:

sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Enter Y to start your installation:

When it is completed, you will get the following output:

Step 2 – Install RPM Fusion Non-Free Repo on Fedora 39

At this point, you can enable the non-free repository by using the following command:

sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Enter Y to start your installation:

When it is completed, you will get the following output:

Step 3 – Verify RPM Fusion Installation

Now you can confirm your RPM Fusion repositories by using the following command on Fedora 39:

dnf repolist | grep rpmfusion

In your output, you will see:

Step 4 – Display Available Packages in RPM Fusion Repository

At this point, you can easily list the available packages in both free and non-free repositories.

To list the available free RPM Fusion repo, you can use the command below:

dnf repository-packages rpmfusion-free-updates list -y

Example Output:

To list the available non-free RPM Fusion repo, you can run the following command:

dnf repository-packages rpmfusion-nonfree-updates list -y

Example Output:

Also, you can search for a specific package in your repositories. For example, search for VLC in the Free Repository with the command below:

dnf repository-packages rpmfusion-free-updates list | grep -i vlc

Example Output:

Step 5 – Disable RPM Fusion Repository

If you plan to disable RPM fusion on Fedora 39, you can use the following commands.

For free repository, use:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled rpmfusion-free-updates

For non-free repository, use:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-disabled rpmfusion-nonfree-updates

Also, you can completely remove it from your server by using the following commands:

Remove Free repository:

sudo dnf remove rpmfusion-free-release

Remove Non-free repository:

sudo dnf remove rpmfusion-nonfree-release

Step 6 – Enable RPM Fusion Repository

Once you disable your repository, if you plan to re-enable it on your Fedora 39, you can easily use the following commands:

For free repository, use:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled rpmfusion-free-updates

For non-free repository, use:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled rpmfusion-nonfree-updates

Conclusion

At this point, you have learned to install RPM Fusion Free Repository and Non-free Repository on Fedora Linux 9, Disable and Remove repositories, and Re-enable them on your server. Hope you enjoy it.

Also, you may like to read the following articles:

Enabling RPM Fusion on AlmaLinux 9

Add RPM Fusion on Rocky Linux 9

Install RPM Fusion on Centos 7

Manage Repositories with the DNF Config Manager Plugin