This brief tutorial explains how to find the list of installed repositories in Linux from command line. Listing the installed repositories from CLI mode is not only easier, but also faster compared to GUI mode. Here, I have given methods to list installed repositories in various Linux distributions.
1. Find the list of installed repositories in Linux
We can find the list of all enabled and configured repositories using the distribution's default package manager or using a third-party tool named inix.
First, we will see how to list installed or enabled repositories using the package manager.
1.1. List installed repositories in Fedora, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux
To view the list of installed repositories in RPM based systems such as Fedora, RHEL and its clones like CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, run the following command:
$ dnf repolist
Sample output from Fedora 34:
repo id repo name fedora Fedora 34 - x86_64 fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 fedora-modular Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Free rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Free - Updates rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Nonfree rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Nonfree - Updates updates Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates updates-modular Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates
In older RHEL versions, you can use yum instead of dnf to get the list of installed repositories:
$ sudo yum repolist
Sample output from CentOS 7:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.fibergrid.in * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk * extras: mirror.fibergrid.in * updates: mirror.fibergrid.in repo id repo name status !base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9,363 !docker-main-repo Docker main Repository 110 !epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 11,722 !extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 380 !updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 1,838 repolist: 23,413
Or, use the following command:
$ sudo yum repolist all
Output from CentOS 7 server edition:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.fibergrid.in * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk * extras: mirror.fibergrid.in * updates: mirror.fibergrid.in repo id repo name status C7.0.1406-base/x86_64 CentOS-7.0.1406 - Base disabled C7.0.1406-centosplus/x86_64 CentOS-7.0.1406 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.0.1406-extras/x86_64 CentOS-7.0.1406 - Extras disabled C7.0.1406-fasttrack/x86_64 CentOS-7.0.1406 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.0.1406-updates/x86_64 CentOS-7.0.1406 - Updates disabled C7.1.1503-base/x86_64 CentOS-7.1.1503 - Base disabled C7.1.1503-centosplus/x86_64 CentOS-7.1.1503 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.1.1503-extras/x86_64 CentOS-7.1.1503 - Extras disabled C7.1.1503-fasttrack/x86_64 CentOS-7.1.1503 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.1.1503-updates/x86_64 CentOS-7.1.1503 - Updates disabled C7.2.1511-base/x86_64 CentOS-7.2.1511 - Base disabled C7.2.1511-centosplus/x86_64 CentOS-7.2.1511 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.2.1511-extras/x86_64 CentOS-7.2.1511 - Extras disabled C7.2.1511-fasttrack/x86_64 CentOS-7.2.1511 - CentOSPlus disabled C7.2.1511-updates/x86_64 CentOS-7.2.1511 - Updates disabled !base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base enabled: 9,363 base-debuginfo/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Debuginfo disabled base-source/7 CentOS-7 - Base Sources disabled c7-media CentOS-7 - Media disabled centosplus/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Plus disabled centosplus-source/7 CentOS-7 - Plus Sources disabled cr/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - cr disabled !docker-main-repo Docker main Repository enabled: 110 !epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu enabled: 11,722 epel-debuginfo/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu disabled epel-source/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu disabled epel-testing/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu disabled epel-testing-debuginfo/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu disabled epel-testing-source/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linu disabled !extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras enabled: 380 extras-source/7 CentOS-7 - Extras Sources disabled fasttrack/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - fasttrack disabled !updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates enabled: 1,838 updates-source/7 CentOS-7 - Updates Sources disabled repolist: 23,413
The above command will list all repositories i.e. both enabled and disabled repositories.
To list only enabled repos, run the following command:
$ dnf repolist enabled
Or,
$ yum repolist enabled
To list only disabled repos, enter:
$ dnf repolist disabled
Or,
$ yum repolist disabled
1.2. List installed repositories in Debian, Ubuntu
Run the following command to view the list of installed packages in DEB based systems like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS etc.
$ sudo apt-cache policy
Sample output:
Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.2/multiverse amd64 Packages release o=mongodb,a=trusty,n=trusty/mongodb-org,l=mongodb,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin repo.mongodb.org 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages release v=16.04,o=LP-PPA-linrunner-tlp,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=TLP,c=main,b=i386 origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages release v=16.04,o=LP-PPA-linrunner-tlp,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=TLP,c=main,b=amd64 origin ppa.launchpad.net . . . . 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages release v=16.04,o=Ubuntu,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin in.archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/restricted i386 Packages release v=16.04,o=Ubuntu,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386 origin in.archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/restricted amd64 Packages release v=16.04,o=Ubuntu,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin in.archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages release v=16.04,o=Ubuntu,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386 origin in.archive.ubuntu.com 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages release v=16.04,o=Ubuntu,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin in.archive.ubuntu.com Pinned packages:
Or, use this command to find the installed repositories in your DEB based system.
$ sudo grep -Erh ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list*
Here is the output from my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial universe deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu xenial main deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
1.3. List installed repositories in SUSE/openSUSE
To view the list of repositories in SUSE/openSUSE, run:
$ zypper lr
Or,
$ zypper repos
Sample output from my openSUSE desktop:
[email protected]:~> zypper lr # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh --+---------------------+------------------------------+---------+-----------+-------- 1 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-leap/42.1-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 2 | repo-oss | openSUSE-leap/42.1-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 3 | repo-update | openSUSE-42.1-Update | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 4 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-42.1-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes [email protected]:~> zypper repos # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh --+---------------------+------------------------------+---------+-----------+-------- 1 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-leap/42.1-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 2 | repo-oss | openSUSE-leap/42.1-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 3 | repo-update | openSUSE-42.1-Update | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 4 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-42.1-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Ye
1.4. List installed repositories in Arch Linux, EndeavourOS, Manjaro Linux
As far as I know, Pacman doesn't has any direct command to list installed repositories in Arch Linux. We can, however, use the command that is used to sync official repositories to find the list of enabled repositories in Arch Linux.
$ sudo pacman -Syy
Sample output:
:: Synchronizing package databases… core 135.0 KiB 169 KiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100% extra 1562.7 KiB 505 KiB/s 00:03 [######################] 100% community 5.6 MiB 977 KiB/s 00:06 [######################] 100%
1.5. List installed repositories in Alpine Linux
In Alpine Linux, all repositories are configured in /etc/apk/repositories file. To view the configured repositories, just take a look at the contents of this file using cat command:
$ cat /etc/apk/repositoriesSample output:
https://sjc.edge.kernel.org/alpine/edge/main
https://sjc.edge.kernel.org/alpine/edge/community2. List installed repositories in Linux using inxi utility
An another easy way to display the list of repositories is using inxi utility. It will work on most Linux operating systems that supports Inxi.
Inxi is a free, open source, and full featured command line system information tool. It shows various useful system details, including CPU, drivers, Xorg, Desktop, Kernel, GCC version(s), Processes, RAM usage, and more. It currently supports the following package managers.
- APT (Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives)
- PACMAN (Arch Linux, and derivatives)
- PISI (Pardus, and derivatives)
- PORTAGE (Gentoo, Sabayon, and derivatives)
- PORTS (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and derivatives)
- SLACKPKG (Slackware, and derivatives)
- URPMQ (Mandriva, Mageia, and derivatives)
- YUM/ZYPP (Fedora, Redhat, Suse, and derivatives)
Refer the following guide to know more about inxi tool.
To list the installed repositories in Linux using inxi, run:
$ inxi -r
Sample output from my Arch Linux system:
Repos: Active pacman repo servers in file: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist http://mirror.hactar.xyz/$repo/os/$arch http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/$arch http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://fooo.biz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/arch/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.js-webcoding.de/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.frgl.pw/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://ftp.myrveln.se/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirrors.uni-plovdiv.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/$arch http://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/Linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.armbrust.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.tyborek.pl/arch/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch http://mirror.neuf.no/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Active pacman repo servers in file: /etc/pacman.conf http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
Conclusion
In this guide, we have discussed two ways to list Linux repositories from commandline. We saw how to list enabled repositories in Linux using the package manager and also using an external tool called inix.
Hope this helps.
