libvips in Amazon Linux 2023
I would like to install libvips in AL2023.
However, libvips doesn't seem to be in the latest list of Amazon Linux 2023 packages, so sudo dnf install libvips doesn't do the trick.
I've looked at building libvips from source, but while AL2023 has packages for dependencies like meson or ninja-build, it lacks must-have dependencies like libglib or libexpat.
Is there any way to compile libvips for AL2023, or any place where I can request it added to the list of packages?
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Unfortunately, the amazon-linux-extras package was removed from AL 2023 [1]. So, you will be unable to install any packages that require that package and currently AWS does not have any future plans to support EPEL on AL2023.
Please note that AWS recommend that customers do not try to enable EPEL on AL2023 as it is unsupported and incompatible and the result in EPEL or AL2023 to not work properly.
Please allow me to convey you that if you think Amazon LInux 2023 is not specifically the OS you require for your use case. I will suggest you can use an Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) AMI instead, I have tried setting this package using the below commamnds mentioned in the reference and could confirm it was working fine.
[+] https://tufora.com/tutorials/linux/general/install-vips-vips-tools-and-vips-devel-libvips-on-centos-7 I have confirmed this with the AWS Technical Support team as well.
Thanks! Given that AL2023 won't support EPEL, I think you're right in that AL2023 is not the right OS for my use case, so I've decided to use Ubuntu 20.04 LTS instead.
Hello
Thank you for your query.
Currently Libvips is not installed in the default repositories in Amazon linux 2023. It is available in EPEL Repository, though it is not recommended to enable EPEL on AL2023 as it is unsupported and incompatible. Currently AWS does not have any future plans to support EPEL on AL2023.
Hence, if Amazon LInux 2023 is not specifically the OS you require for your use case, I would suggest you to go with Amazon Liinxu 2 as a workaround. This OS would be fully supported until 2025-06-30: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/
Let me know if you have any further queries. Thank you for your interest in re:Post community.
Best Regards, Soumya
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AL2023 doesn't support EPEL or EPEL-like repositories, and currently, AWS does not have any future plans to support EPEL on AL2023. AWS recommend that customers do not try to enable EPEL on AL2023 as it is unsupported and incompatible and my result in EPEL or AL2023 to not work properly. Since EPEL repo is not enabled, remi repository will also not work, hence you will face issues while installing libvips