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On [[RedHat]] systems, there are many free software packages that are not maintained by [[RedHat]], but instead are provided by the Fedora project via the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repo.  So for example, if you want a newer Python, you might need to enable and use EPEL.  See this [http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/ tecmint.com article]
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On [[RedHat]] systems, there are many free software packages that are not maintained by [[RedHat]], but instead are provided by the Fedora project via the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repo.  So for example, if you want a newer Python, you might need to enable and use EPEL.   
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https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/ has docs for installing EPEL on Alma Linux and Rocky Linux
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:59, 1 March 2024

On RedHat systems, there are many free software packages that are not maintained by RedHat, but instead are provided by the Fedora project via the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repo. So for example, if you want a newer Python, you might need to enable and use EPEL.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/ has docs for installing EPEL on Alma Linux and Rocky Linux