Re: BUG #18561: postgresql16-devel rpm cannot be installed due to missing Perl-IPC-Run

This only works on Rocky (not official RedHat UBI9). I can enable the code ready repos on RedHat and there's still not an available required Perl-IPC-Run package like there is in Rocky. I guess that will work for now.

On Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 at 12:44 PM, Tim Dysinger <tim(at)dysinger(dot)net> wrote:

> This works on Rocky. I'll make it work on the others. Thank you for the tips/hints. I think since this works on Rocky, that you may close my bug.
>
> On Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 at 12:33 PM, Tim Dysinger <tim(at)dysinger(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> I also tried to install it like it says.
>>
>> ```
>>
>> [redhat(at)bf9eab65c5de src]$ sudo -i dnf install config-manager
>> Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 11 kB/s | 4.1 kB 00:00
>> Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 14 kB/s | 4.5 kB 00:00
>> Rocky Linux 9 - Extras 6.8 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
>> No match for argument: config-manager
>> Error: Unable to find a match: config-manager[redhat(at)bf9eab65c5de src]$
>> ```
>>
>> I think I have to just edit yum repos by hand.
>>
>> To enable the crb repository:
>>
>> - Open /etc/yum.repos.d/rocky.repo.
>> - Locate the [crb] section.
>> - Change enabled=0 to enabled=1.
>> - Save the file.
>> - Run sudo dnf update.
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 at 12:28 PM, Tim Dysinger <tim(at)dysinger(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>> I've not had success with the various tips around the internet. If you search RPM search engines it's not possible to find an RHEL 9 package for this dependency.
>>> https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=Perl-IPC-Run&submit=Search+...
>>>
>>> I'm usually able to figure things out quickly even without experience on the platform but the changes to redhat in the last 5 years are dramatic.
>>>
>>> I appreciate your help. I've tried all 3 (Rocky, Alma, RedHat)
>>>
>>> ```
>>> [redhat(at)bf9eab65c5de src]$ dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
>>> 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)'"
>>> [redhat(at)bf9eab65c5de src]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
>>> Rocky Linux release 9.4 (Blue Onyx)[redhat(at)bf9eab65c5de src]$
>>> ```
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 at 9:16 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-07-31 We 11:16 AM, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>>>
>>>>> Bug reference: 18561
>>>>> Logged by: Tim Dysinger
>>>>> Email address:
>>>>> tim(at)dysinger(dot)net
>>>>> PostgreSQL version: 16.3
>>>>> Operating system: RedHat 9, Alma Linux 9, Rocky Linux 9
>>>>> Description:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you grab a fresh RedHat 9 image and try to install PGDG rpms from your
>>>>> repository like so:
>>>>>
>>>>> dnf install -y
>>>>> https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-9-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
>>>>> dnf install -y postgresql16-server postgresql16-devel
>>>>>
>>>>> It fails with a missing Perl IPC Run which is not available anywhere in the
>>>>> RedHat ecosystem as far as I can tell. I'm trying to create custom postgres
>>>>> extensions and package them as RPMs for distribution. For that to work I
>>>>> need to match against the official PGDG packages. I can't even compile the
>>>>> extensions against PGDG's RedHat packages right now. Please advise.
>>>>>
>>>>> ```
>>>>> 25.67 Error:
>>>>> 25.67 Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
>>>>> 25.67 - nothing provides perl(IPC::Run) needed by
>>>>> postgresql16-devel-16.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64 from pgdg16
>>>>> 25.67 (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or
>>>>> '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
>>>>> ```
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your advice and help.
>>>>
>>>> You need to enable Rocky's Code Ready Builder repo like this:
>>>>
>>>> dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what the answer is for Alma/RH
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>>
>>>> andrew
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andrew Dunstan
>>>> EDB:
>>>> https://www.enterprisedb.com