I need to install a specific kernel version (5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64) on R9.2- how to do?

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Hi-

I need to install a specific kernel version on R9.2- how to do?
Rocky 9.2 comes with
5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64

I need to install:
5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64

Yum/DNF wants to install a later version (5.14.0-427.18.1.el9_4) which is not desired.

Please let me know the complete procedure for installing the slightly newer kernel that I am looking to install. Reason that the specific kernel needed is related to devops considerations and their team’s request.

Thank you.

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You should let that team know that 9.2 is end of life and has been for a year. Rocky Linux Release and Version Guide - Rocky Linux Wiki

With that said, there is no procedure. They can download the kernel packages manually from kojidev.rockylinux.org and install it.

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Hi, you can try with
dnf --showduplicates list <package name>
and see if this version is up on your repo, if not just download manually as @nazunalika said and install.

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Overall, DNF tends to show/install latest, but can show all and install any. Compare:

dnf list kernel
dnf list --showduplicates kernel

If 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2 is on the list (is in enablerd repositories), then it can be requested explicitly:

dnf install kernel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2

But as said, if you are not selling to RHEL 9.2 EUS customers, then don’t dig zombies.

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Forgive my confusion- but I’m getting a ton of errors trying to manually dl/install the x86_64 packages i see on my other hosts with the same .30 kernel version, ie.:

[root@hostname]# yum install kernel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 2:30:13 ago on Wed 29 May 2024 06:21:30 AM PDT.
Error:
Problem: conflicting requests

  • nothing provides kernel-core-uname-r = 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64 needed by kernel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64
  • nothing provides kernel-modules-core-uname-r = 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64 needed by kernel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64
  • nothing provides kernel-modules-uname-r = 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64 needed by kernel-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64
    (try to add ‘–skip-broken’ to skip uninstallable packages or ‘–nobest’ to use not only best candidate packages)

and

[root@hostname]# yum install kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 2:34:36 ago on Wed 29 May 2024 06:21:30 AM PDT.
Error:
Problem: conflicting requests

  • nothing provides kernel-uname-r = 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64 needed by kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.x86_64
    (try to add ‘–skip-broken’ to skip uninstallable packages or ‘–nobest’ to use not only best candidate packages)

there seems to be a procedure that i am missing. which packages do i need? what order are they to be installed? thanks again!

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Look at output of dnf rq --installonly --latest=1
That list of packages (but desired version).

Since they are not in repos, you have to have all the files in the same ‘dnf install’ command.

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That’s it- had to list all rpms/wildcard them- silly me. Thank you!

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