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= Enabling repositories

This section shows how to enable a particular software repository by using the `dnf config-manager` command.

* To enable a particular repository, use the following command as `root`.
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dnf config-manager --set-enabled '_repository_`
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Replace `_repository_` with the unique repository ID, for example:
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dnf config-manager --set-enabled fedora-extras
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