Is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite the same as Software Collections?
I'm trying to understand this as I've had a case opened for over a month now and went ahead and added in the required packages by hand to a server (VM), due to time constraints.
I'm trying to enable Software Collections for RHEL 6.8 x86_64 server (VM) and unable to.
The entitlements that we have paid for shows:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite
Is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite the same as Software Collections?
I've attached a screenshot of what I'm seeing when I run subscription-manager list --consumed command from this server that I'm having the issue with.
thanks
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Hi Christopher,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite is a type of a subscription, which includes access to the Red Hat Software Collections product. Therefore, if you have the Developer Suite subscription, you should have the possibility to install Software Collections.
After all, the screenshot seems to confirm that: it shows Software Collections among the provided repositories. What sort of a problem are you running into when you're trying to enable the repo?
You're right, the screenshot shows what you're subscribed to. That subscription includes a set of products to which you have access, and Software Collections is among them.
Developer Suite is a type of subscription. See the link in my previous comment. Developer Toolset is a product and a part of Software Collections. See Developer Toolset Release Notes.
Please, say specifically what you mean by "unable to enable". Does that mean you cannot enable the repository with Software Collections? Or you cannot install the components? Or you cannot use the components?
Hi Christopher,
Right as Robert already explained, subscriptions and products are different things. The command you provided in the screenshot just shows what's available within your subscription. You have to configure the system to obtain software from the Optional RPMs and RHSCL software repositories. The Optional RPMs repository includes a number of development packages. The RHSCL repository includes both, the Red Hat Software Collections as well as the Red Hat Developer Toolset. To achieve what you want (install RHSC), execute the following commands :
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-6-rpmssudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-extras-rpmssudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
Now you can install RHSC. By the way, I see that you are running RHEL 6.8 and that your subscription expires in a few days. You may want to consider upgrading to the latest stable version RHEL 6.9 or installing the 'latest and greatest' edition RHEL 7.3 instead ... just a suggestion. :)
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