---
name: "dnf5-provides"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnf5"
version: "5.4.6.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dnf5-provides"
---

# dnf5-provides(8)

Provides Command

## NAME

dnf5-provides - Provides Command

## SYNOPSIS

**dnf5 provides \[global options\] \<package-spec-PFB\>...**

## DESCRIPTION

The **provides** command in **DNF5** finds the packages providing the given **\<package-spec-PFB\>**.

## EXAMPLES

- **dnf5 provides tito**

  ```
  Outputs which packages provide the command tito.
  ```

- **dnf5 provides /usr/bin/tito**

  ```
  Outputs which package provides the file /usr/bin/tito
  ```

- **dnf5 provides zless**

  ```
  There is no Provides for zless but a package that contains zless exist.
  Outputs the package that provides the file /usr/bin/zless
  ```

**Note:**

New behavior: if one or more packages are not found by provides DNF5 will now return exit code 1 and list all provides that do not match at the end of the output.

- **dnf5 provides rpm nonexistent\_package**

  ```
  Output provides for rpm and inform in stderr that nonexistent_package
  did not match any result.
  ```

## SEE ALSO

```
dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification <#specs-misc-ref-label>
```

## Author

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

## Copyright

Contributors to the dnf5 project.