Package is unavailable/broken for CentOS 8

[roysubs]

Just tried to install this on 2x different CentOS minimal installs: sudo yum install fortune-mod.

1. CentOS cannot see the package via yum / dnf.

2. On getting the package listed for Fedora (.rpm), I manually try to install it and get into a mess of library conflicts.

Basically, the package is 100% broken for CentOS 8 and not available from the yum / dnf repository.

(Edited to change apt to yum / dnf)

[shlomif]

Hi @roysubs !

Just tried to install this on 2x different CentOS minimal installs: sudo apt install fortune-mod.

1. CentOS cannot see the package via apt.

2. On getting the package listed for Fedora (.rpm), I manually try to install it and get into a mess of library conflicts.

Basically, the package is 100% broken for CentOS 8 and not available from the apt repository.

I believe one should use sudo dnf install forune-mod (or sudo yum install forune-mod ) on CentOS 8/etc.:

• https://www.howtoforge.com/centos-8-package-management-with-dnf-on-the-command-line/

• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF?rd=Dnf

Also note that you can use dnf install on absolute paths or URLs to *.rpm files.

[thejordanclark]

I think @roysubs just mis-spoke with regards to the "apt" stuff. It is correct though that fortune-mod is not in the repos for centos 8. So yum and dnf cannot find the package to install. It is a annoyance for me as I usually use fortune-mod in my testing within an early deployment pipeline.

[shlomif]

Hi @thejordanclark !

I think @roysubs just mis-spoke with regards to the "apt" stuff. It is correct though that fortune-mod is not in the repos for centos 8. So yum and dnf cannot find the package to install. It is a annoyance for me as I usually use fortune-mod in my testing within an early deployment pipeline.

Thanks for the info and analysis. Seems like you are right based on some cursory web searches. I believe someone can set up copr ( https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ ) repos with fortune-mod package for centos 8, in order to help the end users resolve the issue. I've only set up one copr repository so far (for unqlite: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/shlomif/unqlite/ ), just to test the waters, so if someone else sets up a fortune-mod copr before I get to it, I can review it and may eventually approve and recommend it. (Case in point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar .)

[shlomif]

@roysubs : @thejordanclark : hi! According to https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fortune-mod there are EPEL packages for fortune-mod. Did you try them?

[shlomif]

@roysubs @thejordanclark : I am closing this ticket to avoid clutter. I can reopen it if needed.