Rocky Linux 9 in GCP module missing

Rocky Linux Help & Support
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Hello everyone,

I’m trying to install php in rocky Linux 9 in GCP but i can’t install (or verify it) with the command

dnf module list php
or
dnf module install php 7.4

i get a message “error: no matching modules to list”

Even when i type dnf module list, there is no module to list

Then i saw the topic Dnf install php vs dnf module install php:7.2 in the forum. > It means i can install the php using dnf install php and it will work fine. ?

I’m curious to know if it is possible to use module in the rocky Linux in GCP.

Thanks

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Rocky Linux 9.0 has no modules right now. The current latest PHP you will get (until november) is 8.0.13, installable using dnf install. There will be a php 8.1 module in Rocky Linux 9.1.

If you want php 7.4, you would need to use Rocky Linux 8 or use Remi PHP Repos.

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Hello,

Thank you @label for the info.

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Hi @label, what did you mean by “until november”? Do we get modules this month? :sweat_smile:

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You will need to wait for the release of RHEL 9.1, where Rocky Linux 9.1 will follow. PHP 8.1 will be one of the modules.

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Thanks @label!

Just found this reddit comment regarding the RHEL 9.1 release date:

[…] RHEL has been on a six-month minor release cadence since around 2017 so I would expect it to be somewhere around November 17, 2022.

Does anyone know if upgrading from Rocky 9.0 → 9.1 will be an easy in-place upgrade? Or is it better to wait until 9.1 is released before setting up new servers?

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Point releases can be updated to once they’re released. If you setup a 9.0 machine now and 9.1 is released, you can run dnf update and immediately jump to 9.1.