How to make dnf default to yes

I’m currently in the process of setting up my new Frame.work laptop, and since I’ve been using Debian-derivatives for the past two decades now, I decided to use the opportunity, try something new for once and installed Fedora¹.

Something that got annoying quickly is that the package manager command dnf defaults to “no” when asking if you really want to install a package plus its dependencies. I’m very used to apt’s behaviour here that allows me to type sudo apt install <package> and then just hit Enter on the sanity check. I wanted the same for dnf, but without bypassing the sanity check altogether. I did some digging together with my buddy Ben and we found the answer.

Edit the file /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and add the following line to the [main] section:

defaultyes=True

And once that’s done, the sanity check now is Y/n instead of y/N and you can just hit Enter to install the package.

(This is btw the first post written on the new laptop and I’m really enjoying it so far!)