[[chap-dnf]]

  DNF is a software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on Fedora and is the successor to YUM (Yellow-Dog Updater Modified).

  DNF makes it easy to maintain packages by automatically checking for dependencies and determines the actions required to install packages.

  [[installing-software-from-source]]

  The following section contains guidelines and best practices for installing software from source code on Fedora.

  The instructions below are not prescriptive, but following them minimizes the risk of errors occurring during installation.

  QEMU is a very flexible virtualization technology however it is quite slow and it is recommended that you understand and evaluate alternative solutions before picking this one.

  Refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization[Getting started with virtualization]

  [[qemu]]

  QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation.

  [[qemu-commands-since-f]]

  To discover the qemu commands that are installed perform the following:

  Of course, this does not apply to "qemu-img".

  [[qemu-virtual-machine-installation]]

  Create the virtual image for the system:

  [[ch-Upgrading]]

  [IMPORTANT]

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