No available modular metadata for modular package (trying to install or update Redis)

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Hello,
On Rocky Linux 9 I got the error “No available modular metadata for modular package” when trying to install or update Redis.

Thanks

> # dnf -y install redis
> 
> # Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                                                   360 kB/s |  20 MB     00:56
> Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                             2.0 kB/s | 2.5 kB     00:01
> Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS                                                                                           505 kB/s | 2.5 MB     00:05
> Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream                                                                                        888 kB/s | 9.5 MB     00:11
> Rocky Linux 9 - CRB                                                                                              549 kB/s | 2.8 MB     00:05
> Rocky Linux 9 - Extras                                                                                           7.3 kB/s |  17 kB     00:02
> Dependencies resolved.
> 
> # Package                  Architecture              Version                                                   Repository                    Size
> 
> Installing:
> redis                    x86_64                    7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6                     appstream                    1.6 M
> 
> # Transaction Summary
> 
> Install  1 Package
> 
> ## Total download size: 1.6 M
> Installed size: 5.9 M
> Downloading Packages:
> redis-7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6.x86_64.rpm                                                           204 kB/s | 1.6 MB     00:08
> 
> Total                                                                                                            198 kB/s | 1.6 MB     00:08
> Running transaction check
> No available modular metadata for modular package ‘redis-7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6.x86_64’, it cannot be installed on the system
> The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
> You can remove cached packages by executing ‘dnf clean packages’.
> Error: No available modular metadata for modular package
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dnf list redis\*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:47 ago on Sat 02 Aug 2025 11:33:37 AM MDT.
Installed Packages
redis.x86_64                                        6.2.19-1.el9_6                                                          @appstream
Available Packages
redis.x86_64                                        7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6                                   appstream
redis-devel.i686                                    6.2.19-1.el9_6                                                          appstream
redis-devel.x86_64                                  7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6                                   appstream
redis-doc.noarch                                    7.2.8-1.module+el9.6.0+32036+eb8f79e6                                   appstream

(1071 / 83) [~/easy-rsa]$: dnf module list redis\*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:08 ago on Sat 02 Aug 2025 11:33:37 AM MDT.
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream
Name                     Stream                     Profiles                     Summary
redis                    7                          common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database

Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64
Name                     Stream                     Profiles                     Summary
redis                    remi-5.0                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database
redis                    remi-6.0                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database
redis                    remi-6.2                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database
redis                    remi-7.0                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database
redis                    remi-7.2                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database
redis                    remi-8.0                   common [d]                   Redis persistent key-value database

Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled


dnf remove redis
dnf module enable redis:7
systemctl enable --now redis
3

I see the same problem while having a redis package already installed (upgrading).

$ rpm -q redis
redis-6.2.19-1.el9_6.x86_64

The dist/release tag shows that is not part of a module:stream.

Seems that the stream should not be enabled (marked as default) by default?

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Same here. Redis 6.2 apparently reached end of life in February and is now deprecated. I’m not an expert on yum/dnf but this feels botched. I think the real problem is that this upgraded version was not pushed to the regular channel.

It fails to install because the module is not enabled. I resolved it by running:

dnf module enable redis

I’m not a fan of modules, so hopefully the new version will find its way to the non-module channel.