$ head -1 /usr/bin/dnf #!/usr/libexec/platform-python RHEL 8 uses a separate internal copy of Python for dnf, so yes, you can run dnf without the package whi

$ head -1 /usr/bin/dnf #!/usr/libexec/platform-python RHEL 8 uses a separate internal copy of Python for dnf, so yes, you can run dnf without the package which provides the python command.