Add DNF support; YUM is legacy & deprecated in modern RPM-based distributions

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by locating where the extension invokes yum and where RPM-based distributions are detected or handled. Trace the existing package-manager path and any related tests; done means the extension officially works with DNF, including DNF5, on the RPM-based distributions named in the issue without breaking existing support.

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Description

The project currently uses yum as the package manager for RPM-based systems. However, yum has been deprecated and replaced by dnf (DNF5 to be more precise) in modern distributions such as Azure Linux, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and CentOS Stream.

Although most distributions provide a compatibility symlink (YUM->DNF), it would be beneficial for the project to officially support DNF.

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