Good day.
I’ve ordered VPS with Alma Linux 8.5 and was surprised that no repositories were enabled.
[root@server ~]# yum repolist
repo id repo name
So I’ve tried to enable ‘almalinux’ repository
[root@server ~]# yum-config-manager --enable almalinux
-bash: yum-config-manager: command not found
So if config manager command is missing I should install it via
yum install yum-utils
But I can’t since I have no repositores.
First, ‘yum’ in el8 is a symlink to ‘dnf’. The ‘dnf’ is a python3-based, while yum in el7 was python2-based. They do differ in some details.
One is that yum-config-manager was a separate command, while el8 has it as dnf plugin.
These mean same:
dnf config-manager
yum config-manager
The names of repositories in el8 are also different from el7. For Alma 8 they are:
baseos, appstream, extras, and powertools (which is disabled by default).
However, if no repo is enabled, then there are customizations and one should look at what
(disabled) definitions do exist:
dnf repolist --all
Or what repo definition files are in the system:
ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
It might be that there are none.
However, the current (and only) supported version of AlmaLinux 8 is 8.7.
It would be understandable to still get 8.6 image because the release of 8.7 is recent.
The 8.5 was released about a year ago and replaced with 8.6 last May. Definitely outdated,
but can be updated to current content with dnf up once repo definitions are fixed.
Thank you for your response. I would gladly update if I could.
[root@server ~]# dnf repolist --all
repo id repo name status
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - enabled
epel-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
ha AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability disabled
ha-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability debuginfo disabled
ha-source AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability Source disabled
nfv AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV disabled
nfv-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Debuginf disabled
nfv-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Sources disabled
plus AlmaLinux 8 - Plus disabled
plus-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Plus debuginfo disabled
plus-source AlmaLinux 8 - Plus Source disabled
powertools AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools disabled
powertools-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools debuginfo disabled
powertools-source AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools Source disabled
resilientstorage AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage disabled
resilientstorage-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage debuginfo disabled
resilientstorage-source AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage Source disabled
rt AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time disabled
rt-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Debuginfo disabled
rt-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Sources disabled
sap AlmaLinux 8 - SAP disabled
sap-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Debuginfo disabled
sap-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Sources disabled
saphana AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA disabled
saphana-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Debuginfo disabled
saphana-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Sources disabled
I’m not seeing baseos, appstream or extras
As for dnf config manager:
[root@server ~]# dnf config-manager
No such command: config-manager. Please use /usr/bin/dnf --help
It could be a DNF plugin command, try: "dnf install 'dnf-command(config-manager)'"
Create file /etc/yum.repos.d/myrescue.repo with content:
[myrescue]
name=My AlmaLinux $releasever - BaseOS
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.almalinux.org/mirrorlist/$releasever/baseos
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
countme=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux
Then run dnf install almalinux-release.
If that succeeds and you get the missing repos, then you can remove the /etc/yum.repos.d/myrescue.repo, run dnf up, and reboot.
I did all of that. It seems that I now have AlmaLinux 8.7.
[root@server ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="AlmaLinux"
VERSION="8.7 (Stone Smilodon)"
ID="almalinux"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.7"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.7 (Stone Smilodon)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-8"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="8.7"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.7"
dnf up shows no updates.
But when I try to see the list of repos I still don’t see baseos or appstream repos:
[root@server ~]# dnf repolist --all
repo id repo name status
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - enabled
epel-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
epel-testing-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modu disabled
epel-testing-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - disabled
ha AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability disabled
ha-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability debuginfo disabled
ha-source AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability Source disabled
nfv AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV disabled
nfv-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Debuginf disabled
nfv-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Sources disabled
plus AlmaLinux 8 - Plus disabled
plus-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Plus debuginfo disabled
plus-source AlmaLinux 8 - Plus Source disabled
powertools AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools disabled
powertools-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools debuginfo disabled
powertools-source AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools Source disabled
resilientstorage AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage disabled
resilientstorage-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage debuginfo disabled
resilientstorage-source AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage Source disabled
rt AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time disabled
rt-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Debuginfo disabled
rt-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Sources disabled
sap AlmaLinux 8 - SAP disabled
sap-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Debuginfo disabled
sap-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Sources disabled
saphana AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA disabled
saphana-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Debuginfo disabled
saphana-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Sources disabled
And if I try to for example install nano:
[root@server ~]# dnf install nano
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:02 ago on Fri Nov 25 08:53:31 2022.
No match for argument: nano
Error: Unable to find a match: nano
It seems that updaing the OS didn’t automatically add baseos, appstream repositories.
I created myrescue.repo again and tried to run ‘dnf up’:
[root@server ~]# dnf up
My AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS 3.4 kB/s | 3.8 kB 00:01
Error:
Problem 1: cannot install both authselect-1.2.5-1.el8.x86_64 and authselect-1.2.2-3.el8.x86_64
- package authselect-compat-1.2.2-3.el8.x86_64 requires authselect(x86-64) = 1.2.2-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package authselect-1.2.2-3.el8.x86_64
- problem with installed package authselect-compat-1.2.2-3.el8.x86_64
Problem 2: cannot install both net-snmp-libs-1:5.8-25.el8.x86_64 and net-snmp-libs-1:5.8-22.el8.x86_64
- package net-snmp-1:5.8-22.el8.x86_64 requires net-snmp-libs(x86-64) = 1:5.8-22.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package net-snmp-libs-1:5.8-22.el8.x86_64
- problem with installed package net-snmp-1:5.8-22.el8.x86_64
Problem 3: cannot install both perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64 and perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
- package perl-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64 requires perl-interpreter(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-420.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
- problem with installed package perl-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
Problem 4: cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
- package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-420.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
- problem with installed package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
Problem 5: cannot install both platform-python-pip-9.0.3-22.el8.noarch and platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch
- package python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch requires platform-python-pip = 9.0.3-20.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch
- problem with installed package python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.noarch
Problem 6: cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-420.el8.x86_64
- package perl-Errno-1.28-421.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-421.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- package perl-utils-5.26.3-420.el8.noarch requires perl-libs = 4:5.26.3-420.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-Errno-1.28-420.el8.x86_64
- problem with installed package perl-utils-5.26.3-420.el8.noarch
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
The package almalinux-release does provide file /etc/yum.repos.d/almalinux.repo which in turn has definitions of the base repos.
What do you see with: ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
It seems that almalinux-release did add the necessary repo file, it just was saved as “almalinux.repo.rpmnew”. I renamed it into “almalinux.repo”.
I successfully ran “dnf up” after that and updated packages. It seems everything works now. Thank you.