DNF has install but it’s opposite action is remove instead of uninstall . Or it has remove but not add.
Why this decision was made?
I’m not sure if removing and uninstall is the same. Maybe with the remove command, not all settings are purged?
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yea but actually you have to use “dnf rm (remove) pkg xyz”
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It was that way, back in DNF’s precursor Yum, and sometimes it’s better to keep consistent even when things don’t quite make sense. I think that Yum probably got those in turn from “Yellowdog Updater”, the program it was based on. Also, the underlying RPM command has:
rpm -U # update
rpm -i # install
rpm -e # erase
… which is also not consistent either with itself or with dnf/yum.
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@mattdm
great thx for your explanation! 