How to install kernel-debuginfo using subscription manager

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Issue

  • Unable to install kernel-debuginfo

Resolution

  • Verify the debuginfo repository that is needed to be assigned to the system:
# subscription-manager repos --list
+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-7-public-beta-debug-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Public Beta (Debug RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.redhat.com/content/beta/rhel/everything/7/x86_64/debug
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-7-public-beta-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Public Beta (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.redhat.com/content/beta/rhel/everything/7/x86_64/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-7-public-beta-source-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Public Beta (Source RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.redhat.com/content/beta/rhel/everything/7/x86_64/source/SRPMS
Enabled:   0
  • Enable the repository using subscription-manager. In the list above, the rhel-7-public-beta-debug-rpms repository is the needed revision.
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-public-beta-debug-rpms
  • Install the package via yum
# yum install kernel-debuginfo-`uname -r`
  • Note: In order to enable this repository there must be a valid subscription attached to the account.

Root Cause

  • The debuginfo repositories are not enabled by default.

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CM Newbie 7 points
6 April 2016 9:18 AM

Problem with repo existence and with debuginfo package availability. Solved

subscription-manager repos --list

found 114 entries, but no repo named rhel-7-public-beta-debug-rpms.
I picked rhel-7-server-beta-debug-rpms and successfully enabled it using subscription-manager. However, after that,

yum install kernel-debuginfo-$(uname -r)

failed with:

https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/debug/repodata/repomd.xml
[Errno 12] Timeout due to Operation too slow. Less that 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds
Trying other mirror ...
Timeout due to  Operation too slow ... 
Trying other mirror ...
No package kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 available

To address the problem of no kernel debug info available, I enabled all the other repos in the list. Still yum install hit the timeout.

After 30 minutes I retried the same yum install command. Fortune smiled, and yum found package kernel-debuginfo.x86_64 in the rhel-7-server-eus-debug-rpms repo and installed it successfully in under 5 minutes. Problem solved.