I could install other packages except 'amazon-linux-extras'
Issue:
$ which amazon-linux-extras
(response) /usr/bin/which: no amazon-linux-extras in (/root/.local/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin)
Asking for Solution:
How can the above error be resolved? ...cause ($ sudo yum install amazon-linux-extras) Error: Unable to find a match: amazon-linux-extras
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Not worked amazon-linux-extras not found
This article doesn't work for Amazon Linux 2023. Just trying to install Java 11 from amazon-linux-extras, with out luck.
see results
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-99-999 ~]$ sudo yum install -y amazon-linux-extras
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:51 ago on Tue Apr 4 14:04:54 2023.
No match for argument: amazon-linux-extras
Error: Unable to find a match: amazon-linux-extras
and
repo list doesn't contain amazon-linux-extras. So can't be enabled.
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-47-190 ~]$ sudo yum repolist all
repo id repo name status
amazonlinux Amazon Linux 2023 repository enabled
amazonlinux-debuginfo Amazon Linux 2023 repository - Debug disabled
amazonlinux-source Amazon Linux 2023 repository - Source packages disabled
kernel-livepatch Amazon Linux 2023 Kernel Livepatch repository enabled
kernel-livepatch-source Amazon Linux 2023 Kernel Livepatch repository - Source packages disabled
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-47-190 ~]$
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This also does not work for AL2 v5 image (aws/codebuild/amazonlinux2-x86_64-standard:5.0
)
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For brand new Amazon Linux 2 instance
which amazon-linux-extras/usr/bin/amazon-linux-extras
results in:
/usr/bin/which: no amazon-linux-extras in (./amazon-linux-extras/usr/bin)
yum install -y amazon-linux-extras
results in:
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd, versionlock 249 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Package amazon-linux-extras-2.0.3-1.amzn2.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do
Extras is already installed, but the which command looking in the wrong place.
which amazon-linux-extras
results in:
/bin/amazon-linux-extras
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amazon-linux-extras is no longer available for Amazon Linux 2023. What is the alternative?
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BEWARE:
Despite its name, the aws/codebuild/amazonlinux2-x86_64-standard:5.0
image is actually an Amazon Linux 2023 image.
This is not apparent at all when selecting the image from the codebuild console, but it is mentioned in the docs
Also see this issue: https://github.com/aws/aws-codebuild-docker-images/issues/726
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