Is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite the same as Software Collections?

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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?

I'm trying to enable Software Collections for RHEL 6.8 x86_64 server (VM) and unable to.

I don't understand that the screenshot is showing Products. I thought it was showing what this server is subscribed to.

What is the difference between Developer Suite Vs Developer Tool Set? I'm just trying to get Software Collections working.

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?

I thought this system was successfully subscribed, as I can see it via the RH Satellite 6.1

When going thru the following steps:

subscription-manager list --available 

subscription-manager subscribe --pool=0fd35c675bd8d1d6015bd9a959eb0208

subscription-manager repos --list 

Software collections repo isn't listed. Just the standard:

  • Extra RPMs
  • Optional RPMs
  • RH Common RPMs
  • RPMs
  • Sat Tools 6.1 for RHEL6
  • Supplementary RPMs
  • Oracle Java

I've run the following below, in no certain order:

subscription-manager remove –all
subscription-manager unregister
subscription-manager clean

And still the same results as above.

Christopher, you still misunderstand something : Software Collections is a product and not a subscription. You have to enable the repositories mentioned in my post below which contain the software to install the product.

Hi Christoper,

Is your question about Developer Suite or Developer Tool Set? For your picture shows a set of Products, not a set of Subscriptions.

Kind regards,

Jan Gerrit Kootstra

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-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-extras-rpms
sudo 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. :)

Not sure what you mean the Subscription expires in a few days. From the screenshot above, the subscription runs until 5 Nov 2017.

Sorry Christopher, my fault - I read 11/05/2017 as May, 11th instead of November, 5th ... please excuse me ! :)

Thanks for the detailed explanations. I learned something today!

Hi Stefan,

You're welcome ! I'm glad that the information we've provided is useful for you. :)

Regards,
Christian

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