On a brand new install of RHEL 9.2 here :
apollo# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.2 (Plow)
I can easily install gcc compiler tools :
apollo# yum install gcc
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Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
gcc x86_64 11.3.1-4.3.el9 rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 32 M
Installing dependencies:
glibc-devel x86_64 2.34-60.el9 rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 54 k
glibc-headers x86_64 2.34-60.el9 rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 556 k
kernel-headers x86_64 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2 rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 5.1 M
libxcrypt-devel x86_64 4.4.18-3.el9 rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 32 k
make x86_64 1:4.3-7.el9 rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 542 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 6 Packages
Total download size: 38 M
Installed size: 94 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64.rpm 104 kB/s | 32 kB 00:00
(2/6): glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 556 kB 00:00
(3/6): glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64.rpm 461 kB/s | 54 kB 00:00
(4/6): make-4.3-7.el9.x86_64.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 542 kB 00:00
(5/6): kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 5.7 MB/s | 5.1 MB 00:00
(6/6): gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64.rpm 7.3 MB/s | 32 MB 00:04
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Total 8.7 MB/s | 38 MB 00:04
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Transaction check succeeded.
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Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64 1/6
Installing : kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 2/6
Installing : glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 3/6
Installing : glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 4/6
Installing : libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64 5/6
Installing : gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 6/6
Running scriptlet: gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 6/6
Verifying : libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64 1/6
Verifying : glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 2/6
Verifying : gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 3/6
Verifying : glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 4/6
Verifying : kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 5/6
Verifying : make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64 6/6
Installed products updated.
Installed:
gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64 make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64
Complete!
apollo#
apollo#
However where us uuencode and uudecode ? Where is sharutils ?
apollo#
apollo# rpm -qf /usr/bin/uuencode
error: file /usr/bin/uuencode: No such file or directory
apollo#
apollo# yum install sharutils
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Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:27 ago on Mon 11 Sep 2023 04:56:20 AM.
No match for argument: sharutils
Error: Unable to find a match: sharutils
apollo#
Really ? This must be impossible.