microdnf
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microdnf is a lightweight, minimal version of the DNF package manager designed primarily for use in containerized and resource-constrained environments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| microdnf canonical | 2 |
| MicroDNF | 1 |
| microdnf (RHEL/Fedora RPM) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8609395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: microdnf Context triple: [Distrobox, supportsPackageManager, microdnf]
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A.
Microeca
Microeca is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as flycatchers, native to Australasia and belonging to the Australasian robin family.
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B.
Pydna
Pydna was an ancient Macedonian coastal city notable as a political and military center, especially during the era of the Macedonian kingdom and the Roman conquest of Greece.
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C.
MiC
MiC is the official abbreviation for Italy’s Ministry of Culture, the government body responsible for cultural heritage, arts, and related policies.
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D.
Mili
Mili is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, known for Jaya Bhaduri’s acclaimed performance as a spirited young woman facing a terminal illness.
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E.
miko
A miko is a young Shinto shrine maiden who performs sacred rituals, dances, and ceremonial duties in service of the kami.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: microdnf Target entity description: microdnf is a lightweight, minimal version of the DNF package manager designed primarily for use in containerized and resource-constrained environments.
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A.
Microeca
Microeca is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds commonly known as flycatchers, native to Australasia and belonging to the Australasian robin family.
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B.
Pydna
Pydna was an ancient Macedonian coastal city notable as a political and military center, especially during the era of the Macedonian kingdom and the Roman conquest of Greece.
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C.
MiC
MiC is the official abbreviation for Italy’s Ministry of Culture, the government body responsible for cultural heritage, arts, and related policies.
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D.
Mili
Mili is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, known for Jaya Bhaduri’s acclaimed performance as a spirited young woman facing a terminal illness.
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E.
miko
A miko is a young Shinto shrine maiden who performs sacred rituals, dances, and ceremonial duties in service of the kami.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DNF variant
ⓘ
command-line tool ⓘ package manager ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| basedOn | DNF ⓘ |
| commandName | microdnf ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/dnf/dnf.conf ⓘ |
| designedFor |
containerized environments
ⓘ
resource-constrained environments ⓘ |
| developer | Red Hat ⓘ |
| distributionFamily |
AlmaLinux
ⓘ
CentOS ⓘ Fedora ⓘ
linked to:
Fedora Linux
Oracle Linux ⓘ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ Rocky Linux ⓘ |
| distributionPackageName |
microdnf (RHEL/Fedora RPM)
ⓘ
linked to:
microdnf
|
| feature |
GPG signature verification
ⓘ
YUM/DNF-compatible command-line syntax ⓘ minimal dependency footprint ⓘ non-interactive operation ⓘ reduced memory usage ⓘ repository management ⓘ transaction support ⓘ |
| goal |
provide a smaller alternative to dnf
ⓘ
reduce container image size ⓘ simplify package management in minimal images ⓘ |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| packageFormat | RPM ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
install packages
ⓘ
query packages ⓘ remove packages ⓘ update packages ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
dnf
ⓘ
yum ⓘ |
| replacedBy | dnf5 (in some future plans and discussions) ⓘ |
| supports |
DNF repositories
ⓘ
RPM packages ⓘ YUM repositories ⓘ |
| supportsCommand |
clean
ⓘ
info ⓘ install ⓘ list ⓘ remove ⓘ update ⓘ upgrade ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
Docker containers
ⓘ
OCI containers ⓘ |
| usesLibrary | libdnf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: microdnf Description of subject: microdnf is a lightweight, minimal version of the DNF package manager designed primarily for use in containerized and resource-constrained environments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: microdnf