Help installing rpm package

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I’ve got my Rocky linux 9.1 server setup, but I’m having problems installing an rpm package from Veeam Backup.
I’m following this article for installing the RHEL 9 agent.

I’ve downloaded the latest version using wget, but when I run:

rpm -ivh ./veeam-release* && yum check-update

I get the error:

./veeam-release-el9-1.0.8-1.x86_64.rpm: not an rpm package (or package manifest)

What am I missing?

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Hi,

You could try using dnf rather than rpm:-

dnf install ./veeam-release

If that fails you could just manually create the repo file: /etc/yum.repos.d/veeam.repo

Contents:-

[veeam]
name=Veeam Backup for GNU/Linux - $basearch
baseurl=http://repository.veeam.com/backup/linux/agent/rpm/el/9/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://repository.veeam.com/keys/RPM-E6FBD664

Then issue dnf update

I suspect the remaining instructions should work.

Regards Tom.

3

Thank you @tjdoyle. Creating the repo file and updating allowed me to install the agent!

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Overall, do not use ‘rpm’ to install packages. The ‘dnf’ can do the same, but dnf can also pull in dependencies on the fly and has history.

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